About the Authors

Valentina Sancisi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Greta Gandolfi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Moira Ragazzi

Affiliation Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Davide Nicoli

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Ione Tamagnini

Affiliation Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Simonetta Piana

Affiliation Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Alessia Ciarrocchi

Alessia.Ciarrocchi@asmn.re.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS GG MR DN IT SP AC. Performed the experiments: VS GG MR DN IT SP AC. Analyzed the data: VS GG MR DN IT SP AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR DN IT SP. Wrote the manuscript: VS GG MR DN IT SP AC.