Flati, Irene
Vecchiotti, Davide
Di Giovanni, Fiorenza
Verzella, Daniela
Dall’Aglio, Francesca
Sarra, Angelo
Battistini, Chiara
Zambuto, Melissa
Frisullo, Giuseppe
Cornice, Jessica
Nunzi, Ilaria
Di Vito Nolfi, Mauro
Whitwell, Harry J.
Veglianti, Francesca
Khan, Hafiz Nadeem
Marchi, Saverio
Franzoso, Guido
Cavallaro, Ugo
D’Andrea, Daniel
Alesse, Edoardo
Zazzeroni, Francesca
Capece, Daria
Article History
Received: 22 December 2025
Accepted: 17 June 2026
First Online: 24 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Human samples were collected in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Clinical Research of the Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (Approval number R789-IEO). All participants provided written informed consent before their inclusion in the study.All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee for Animal Use (OPBA) and by the Italian Ministry of Health (authorization numbers 1038/2023-PR) and were performed following the 3Rs’ recommendations (Reduction, Refinement and Replacement).
Consent for publication: All authors confirm their consent to publish this manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.