Simona Bernardi, PhD1,2*, Michele Malagola, MD3, Camilla Zanaglio, PhD1*, Alessandra Iurlo4*, Cristina Bucelli, MD5*, Nicola Polverelli, MD1*, Elif Dereli Eke, PhD Student6,7*, Massimiliano Bonifacio8*, Eleonora Toffoletti9*, Mario Tiribelli10*, Clara Deambrogi, PhD11*, Gianluca Gaidano, MD, PhD11, Stefania Stella, PhD12*, Fabio Stagno, MD, PhD13, Paolo Vigneri, MD, PhD14*, Francesco Di Raimondo, MD15*, Mirko Farina, MD1,16*, Mariella D'Adda16*, Doriana Gramegna, MD16*, Elisa Cerqui, MD16*, Giuseppe Rossi, MD16, Micaela Bergamaschi, MD17*, Marco Gobbi, MD18*, Luca Franceschini, M.D., PhD19*, Maria Teresa Voso19, Elisabetta Abruzzese20, Malgorzata Monika Trawinska, MD21* and Domenico Russo, MD1
1Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Chair of Hematology, Dpt of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
2Laboratorio CREA (Centro di Ricerca Emato-oncologica AIL), ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
3Cattedra di Ematologia, USD-TMO, University of Brescia-ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, ITA
4Hematology Division, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
5Hematology Division, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, and University of Milan, Milano, Italy
6Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
7CREA Lab, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
8Department of Medicine, Section of Haematology, Verona University, Verona, Italy
9Division of Hematology and BMT, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy
10Division of Hematology and BMT, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
11Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
12Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
13Chair and Hematology Section, Ferrarotto Hospital, Catania, Italy
14Dep. Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania Medical School, Catania, Italy
15Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale Ferrarotto, A.O.U. Policlinico-OVE, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
16Department of Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
17Division of Hematology, University of Genoa, Opsedale policlinico San Martino, IRCCS per l'Oncologia, Dipartment of Internal Medicine, Genova, Italy
18Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
19Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
20Hematology, S.Eugenio Hospital, Roma, Italy
21Tor Vergata University, Hematology, S. Eugenio Hospital, Roma, ITA