Romano, Simona https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9401-5814
Marrone, Laura
Acanfora, Gennaro
Di Giacomo, Valeria
Vecchione, Marialuisa Alessandra
Vigliar, Elena
Iaccarino, Antonino
Russo, Nicola
Sasso, Emanuele
Froechlich, Guendalina
Cacace, Massimiliano
Malasomma, Chiara
Abate, Rosetta
Caggiano, Simona
Aracri, Federica
Xiao, Yichuan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7804-6971
Troncone, Giancarlo
Russo, Tommaso
Romano, Maria Fiammetta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7307
Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Revised: 18 February 2026
Accepted: 8 March 2026
First Online: 26 March 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. For animal care, the procedures and experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Authorization n° 253/2020- PR and n° 966/2020-PR). It is stated that the maximal sub-cutaneous melanoma tumor size permitted by the ethics committee has not been exceeded.