Malatesta, Silvia
Vigiano Benedetti, Virginia
Salviati, Emanuela
Illi, Barbara
Manni, Isabella
Middonti, Emanuele
Rampioni Vinciguerra, Gian Luca https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-1668
Licursi, Valerio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8172-1437
Troilo, Francesca
Colotti, Gianni https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9913-0635
Cipolla, Lina
Sabbioneda, Simone
Perfetto, Livia
Piaggio, Giulia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2114-1892
Bussolino, Federico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5348-1341
Di Nicolantonio, Federica https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9618-2010
Campiglia, Pietro
Sommella, Eduardo Maria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8654-6431
Mori, Mattia
Cencioni, Chiara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6284-539X
Spallotta, Francesco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0466-6286
Funding for this research was provided by:
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (23099)
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (28858)
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (22910)
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (P2022E3BTH)
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (2022HYF8KS)
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (P2022R7WRC)
Sapienza Università di Roma (Ateneo Grande 2023)
Article History
Received: 4 September 2025
Revised: 27 January 2026
Accepted: 9 February 2026
First Online: 21 February 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. All animal studies were approved by the Institutional Animal Care of Regina Elena National Cancer Institute (Rome, Italy) and by the Government Committee of National Minister of Health (protocol permit number: 362/2021-PR) and conducted according to EU Directive 2010/63/EU and Italian D.L. 2614/2014 for animal experiments following the Institutional Guidelines for Animal Care and Welfare. The present study does not include human subjects.