Triulzi, Tiziana
Regondi, Viola
De Cecco, Loris
Cappelletti, Maria Rosa
Di Modica, Martina
Paolini, Biagio
Lollini, Pier Luigi
Di Cosimo, Serena
Sfondrini, Lucia
Generali, Daniele
Tagliabue, Elda
Funding for this research was provided by:
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
Article History
Received: 16 March 2018
Revised: 3 October 2018
Accepted: 5 October 2018
First Online: 27 November 2018
Availability of data and material
: The gene expression profile data have been deposited and are available in the Gene Expression Omnibus repository (accession number GSE114082).
: The authors declare no potential competing interests.
: The biospecimens in this study consisted of leftover material of samples that were collected during standard surgical and medical procedures at A.O. Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona. Samples were donated by patients to the Institutional BioBank for research purposes, and aliquots were granted to this study after approval by the institutional review board and a specific request to the independent ethical committee ‘Comitato Etico Val Padana’. All procedures were performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. The experimental protocols for the animal studies were approved by the Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation (OPBA) of Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano according to institutional guidelines.