Rafieiyan, Mahsa
Badami, Giusto Davide
Scichilone, Nicola
Corrao, Salvatore
Restivo, Vincenzo
Farinella, Enzo Massimo
Bottone, Martina
Pietra, Gabriella
Fallo, Miriana
Aglio, Andrea Maria
La Manna, Marco Pio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3327-9541
Dieli, Francesco
Azgomi, Mojtaba Shekarkar
Caccamo, Nadia
Article History
Received: 6 November 2025
Accepted: 2 February 2026
First Online: 14 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethical Committee of the A.O.U.P. “Paolo Giaccone” Hospital (protocol code 09/2021). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: All the authors have approved this manuscript for publication.
: Mojtaba Shekarkar Azgomi, Marco Pio La Manna, Nadia Caccamo, and Francesco Dieli are inventors on patent application WO/2023/180966 submitted by the University of Palermo entitled “Peptides for the preparation of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2”.