About the Authors

Neri Mercatelli

Current address: CNRS FRE 2944 “EPIGENETIQUE ET CANCER” Institut Andre Lwoff, Villejuif, France

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Valeria Coppola

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore Sanità, Rome, Italy

Desirée Bonci

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore Sanità, Rome, Italy

Francesca Miele

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Arianna Costantini

Affiliation Department of Biopathology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Marco Guadagnoli

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Elena Bonanno

Affiliation Department of Biopathology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Muto

Affiliation Department of Urology (LDU, GM), S. Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy

Giovanni Vanni Frajese

Current address: Department of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Cassino, Cassino (FR), Italy

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Ruggero De Maria

Affiliations Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore Sanità, Rome, Italy, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Catania, Italy

Luigi Giusto Spagnoli

Affiliation Department of Biopathology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Maria Giulia Farace

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Silvia Anna Ciafrè

ciafre@uniroma2.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM DB EB SAC. Performed the experiments: NM VC DB FM AC MG EB GM SAC. Analyzed the data: NM DB EB SAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM GVF RDM LGS MGF. Wrote the paper: SAC.