Molfetta, Rosa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2904-6371
Lecce, Mario
Milito, Nadia D.
Putro, Erisa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-9743
Pietropaolo, Giuseppe
Marangio, Caterina
Scarno, Gianluca http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2183-5942
Moretti, Marta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4705-6442
De Smaele, Enrico http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4524-4423
Santini, Tiziana
Bernardini, Giovanni
Sciumè, Giuseppe
Santoni, Angela
Paolini, Rossella http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7605-1531
Funding for this research was provided by:
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (IG-24955, MFAG-21311, 5x1000-21147)
Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti (2020-366)
Article History
Received: 2 March 2023
Revised: 31 August 2023
Accepted: 8 September 2023
First Online: 20 September 2023
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animal studies were conducted in accordance with all relevant ethical regulations for animal testing and research including the Italian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes. The Italian Ministry of Health approved the use of animals for the induction of experimental colitis and colorectal cancer with DSS and AOM/DSS (Authorization no. 698/2021-PR).