Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) 5x1000, Special Program Metastases (21198), Milan (Italy) to RF; Finanziamento Medi Progetti Universitari 2015 to SC (Sapienza University of Rome) and PRIN 2017 (2017PPS2X4_002) to SC.
Authors’ contributions
DC, MB, MA performed experiments, and wrote the manuscript, LE, IDS, VB, MM, MDT, MaC performed experiments, PS, MiC, RB, MDG, MGDP, MDS, CA, NSF, ML, TI, VC, AM provided clinical samples, AG, RF and SC designed research and critically revised the manuscript.
Disclosure statement
The authors have no potential conflict of interest.