About the Authors

Angela Baralla

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Elisabetta Sotgiu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Marta Deiana

Affiliations Associazione "L’Isola dei Centenari", Sassari, Italy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Cardiology Unit, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Sara Pasella

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Sara Pinna

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Andrea Mannu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Elisabetta Canu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Giovanni Sotgiu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Antonello Ganau

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Cardiology Unit, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Angelo Zinellu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Salvatore Sotgia

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Ciriaco Carru

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Luca Deiana

proflucadeiana@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy, Associazione "L’Isola dei Centenari", Sassari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB LD S. Pasella. Performed the experiments: AB ES S. Pinna EC AM LD. Analyzed the data: AB GS LD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LD MD. Wrote the paper: AB LD AG. Technical support: SS AZ CC MD.