About the Authors

Luigi Laghi

alberto.malesci@humanitas.it (AM); luigi.laghi@humanitas.it (LL)

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

Stefania Beghelli

Affiliation ARC-NET, Centre for Applied Research on Cancer, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Antonino Spinelli

Affiliation General Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy

Paolo Bianchi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

Gianluca Basso

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy, School of Molecular Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Giuseppe Di Caro

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy, School of Experimental Pathology and Neuropathology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Anna Brecht

Affiliation Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Charitè Campus Virchow, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Giuseppe Celesti

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

Giona Turri

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Samantha Bersani

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Guido Schumacher

Affiliation Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Charitè Campus Virchow, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Christoph Röcken

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Charitè Campus Virchow, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ilona Gräntzdörffer

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Charitè Campus Virchow, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Massimo Roncalli

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Alessandro Zerbi

Affiliation General Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy

Peter Neuhaus

Affiliation Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Charitè Campus Virchow, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Claudio Bassi

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Oncology, University Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy

Marco Montorsi

Affiliations General Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Aldo Scarpa

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ARC-NET, Centre for Applied Research on Cancer, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Alberto Malesci

alberto.malesci@humanitas.it (AM); luigi.laghi@humanitas.it (LL)

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL A. Spinelli PB A. Scarpa AM. Performed the experiments: S. Beghelli PB GB GDC AB GC GT S. Bersani. Analyzed the data: LL A. Spinelli AB GDC PB A. Scarpa AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS CR IG MR AZ PN CB MM A. Scarpa. Wrote the paper: LL PB GDC.