Potestà, Marina
Roglia, Valentina
Fanelli, Marialaura
Pietrobono, Elisa
Gismondi, Angelo
Vumbaca, Simone http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1940-3355
Nguedia Tsangueu, Rick Gildas
Canini, Antonella
Colizzi, Vittorio
Grelli, Sandro
Minutolo, Antonella
Montesano, Carla
Article History
Received: 19 December 2019
Revised: 10 April 2020
Accepted: 16 April 2020
First Online: 4 June 2020
Patient consent for publication
: For the present study, a written statement of consent to participate in the study was obtained from 17 HDs as specified in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Ethical approval for the collection and use of human samples was obtained in 2014 from the ethical board of “Tor Vergata” Hospital, protocol number 15/14 (D.M.08.02.2013-D.G.R.146/2013; D.D.G.467 del 25.07.2013). All patients provided written informed consent.
: Marina Potestà and Antonella Minutolo received financial support for the grant from the STARBIOS2 European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under grant agreement no. 709517. All authors declare no conflicts of interest with respect to this work.