Bordoni, Veronica
Guarracino, Federica
Marocco, Francesco
Quattrocchi, Luca
Lorusso, Angela
Minutolo, Antonella
Garbo, Sabrina
Pellegrino, Marsha
Vinci, Mara
Matteucci, Claudia
Pagliara, Daria
Galaverna, Federica
Merli, Pietro
Battistelli, Cecilia
Locatelli, Franco
Agrati, Chiara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-0927
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (Current Research funds)
Ministero della Salute (5 x 1000 2025)
Ministero della Salute (POS project Life Science Hub Regione Puglia)
Ministero della Salute (PNC-E3-2022-23683269 – CUP E83C22006230001)
Sapienza Università di Roma (RM1241910D387F37)
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Grant AIRC-IG 2021 id. 26290)
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Grant AIRC-IG 2018 id. 21724)
Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (Grant PRIN 2020)
Next Generation EU (Rome Technopole NanoSeAl project)
Next Generation EU (Mission 4, Component 2, CUP B93D21010860004)
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (Grant PRIN 2022)
Article History
Received: 20 January 2026
Accepted: 19 March 2026
First Online: 10 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy (Approval number 3135/2023). All patients were enrolled after obtaining written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declared no conflict of interests.