Ielpo, Simone
Barberini, Francesca
Gaiba, Alice
Baronti, Camilla
Greppi, Marco
Obino, Valentina
Ravera, Silvia
Bussola, Nicole
De Ninno, Adele
Businaro, Luca
Mussi, Valentina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-1739
Pomella, Silvia
Agolini, Emanuele
Benvenuto, Monica
Focaccetti, Chiara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7334-3966
Marcenaro, Emanuela https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4103-7566
Bei, Roberto
Barillari, Giovanni
Pesce, Silvia
Cifaldi, Loredana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5014-430X
Melaiu, Ombretta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-5186
Article History
Received: 10 November 2025
Revised: 22 February 2026
Accepted: 9 March 2026
First Online: 27 March 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All authors approved the final manuscript and consented for publication. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: This study was carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee. The protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the Liguria Region, Genova, Italy (n.127/2022-DB id12223 for breast cancer patients and n. 39/2012 for healthy donors). All subjects gave written informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.