About the Authors

Gaia Zuccolotto

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Giulio Fracasso

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

Anna Merlo

Affiliation Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy

Isabella Monia Montagner

Affiliation Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy

Maria Rondina

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Sara Bobisse

Affiliation Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Mariangela Figini

Affiliation Molecular Therapies Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Sara Cingarlini

Affiliation Medical Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata (AOUI), Verona, Italy

Marco Colombatti

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

Paola Zanovello

Affiliations Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Antonio Rosato

antonio.rosato@unipd.it

Affiliations Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ AR GF MR. Performed the experiments: GZ MR SB GF MF SC. Analyzed the data: GZ AM IMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF MC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AR AM PZ GZ IMM.