Section of Molecular Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy;

Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine DIM, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy;

Department of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy; and

Pathology Unit, Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Correspondence: Gerardo Cazzato, MD, PhD, IFCAP, Section of Molecular Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari 70124, Italy (e-mail: [email protected]).

G. Cazzato, A. Colagrande, I. Trilli, C. Lupo, and G. Ingravallo contributed to the design and implementation of the research. I. Giovannoni, C. Caporusso, and S. Barresi contributed to the analysis of the results and the writing of the manuscript. L. Resta conceived the original and supervised the project.

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.