About the Authors

Elisa Danese

elisa.danese@univr.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

Anna Maria Minicozzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Maria Minicozzi, Marco Benati

Affiliation National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation (NCBRSI), Academic Surgical Unit, Barts and The London NHS Trust, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Marco Benati

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Maria Minicozzi, Marco Benati

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

Martina Montagnana

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

Elisa Paviati

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

Gian Luca Salvagno

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

Gabriel Lima-Oliveira

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

Milena Gusella

Affiliation Oncology Department, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Rovigo General Hospital, Trecenta, Rovigo, Italy

Felice Pasini

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Rovigo Hospital, Rovigo, Italy

Giuseppe Lippi

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Academic Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

Gian Cesare Guidi

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ED AMM GL GCG. Performed the experiments: ED MB EP. Analyzed the data: ED GL MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMM MG FP GLS GLO. Wrote the paper: ED MB GL.