1 Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, Via Francesco de Sanctis, 82100, Benevento, Italy.
2 Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Cancer Biomarkers Unit, Viale Padre Pio, 7, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy.
3 Department of Experimental Biomedical and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy.
4 Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies "Federico II", University, Naples Via S. Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
5 Department of Biology, "Federico II" University, 80126, Naples, Italy.
6 Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology (IEOS-CNR), Via S. Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
7 Department of Medicine (DIMED), Surgical Pathology Unit, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128, Padua, Italy.
8 Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, First Surgical Clinic Section, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128, Padua, Italy.
9 Department of Clinical and Experimental Oncology, Unit of Medical Oncology 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, IRCCS, Via Gattamelata, 64, 35128, Padua, Italy.
10 Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Division of Internal Medicine and Chronobiology Unit, Viale Padre Pio, 7, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy.
11 Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Cancer Biomarkers Unit, Viale Padre Pio, 7, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy. f.bianchi@operapadrepio.it.
12 Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, Via Francesco de Sanctis, 82100, Benevento, Italy. sabat@unisannio.it.