About the Authors

Francesca Bianchi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

lucia.sfondrini@unimi.it (LS); francesca.bianchi1@unimi.it (FB)

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, U.O. Laboratorio di Morfologia Umana Applicata, IRCCS San Donato, Milan, Italy

Valentino Le Noci

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Giancarla Bernardo

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Nicoletta Gagliano

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Graziano Colombo

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Michele Sommariva

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Unit of Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Michele Palazzo

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Isabella Dalle-Donne

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Aldo Milzani

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Serenella Pupa

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Elda Tagliabue

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Lucia Sfondrini

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

lucia.sfondrini@unimi.it (LS); francesca.bianchi1@unimi.it (FB)

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Unit of Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

the authors have declared that no competing interests exist.