Munir, Maha
Grillone, Katia
Vocaturo, Michelangelo
Di Martino, Maria Teresa
Staropoli, Nicoletta
Tagliaferri, Pierosandro
Caracciolo, Daniele
Tassone, Pierfrancesco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8298-6787
Article History
Received: 24 July 2026
Accepted: 13 September 2026
First Online: 23 September 2026
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Use of artificial intelligence: Artificial intelligence (AI) tools (Official ChatGPT from OpenAI [78]) were used solely to support language editing, generation of Figs. 1 and 14, and to independently check the manuscript for clarity, consistency, and potential errors after completion of the study. The AI tool was not used to generate research questions, develop the methodology, identify or select studies, extract or analyze data, interpret the results, or formulate the scientific conclusions. All methodological decisions, analyses, interpretations, and substantive content were independently developed and verified by the authors. The authors take full responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, originality, and final content of the manuscript.
Competing interests: P.Tagliaferri, M.T.D.M., and P.Tassone are inventors of patents on LNA-i-miR-221 whose rights are owned by Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy. All other authors declare no competing interests.