About the Authors

Laura Rocchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Rocchi, Arménio J. M. Barbosa

Affiliations Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Surgical Pathology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

Arménio J. M. Barbosa

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Rocchi, Arménio J. M. Barbosa

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Carmine Onofrillo

Affiliations Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, “Giorgio Prodi” Interdepartmental Cancer Research Centre, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Alberto Del Rio

alberto.delrio@gmail.com (ADR); lorenzo.montanaro@unibo.it (LM)

Affiliations Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Institute for Organic Chemistry and Photoreactivity, National Research Council, Bologna, Italy

Lorenzo Montanaro

alberto.delrio@gmail.com (ADR); lorenzo.montanaro@unibo.it (LM)

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ADR LM. Performed the experiments: LR AJMB CO. Analyzed the data: LR AJMB CO ADR LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ADR LM. Wrote the paper: LR AJMB CO ADR LM.