About the Authors

Veronica Tisato

Affiliation Department of Morphology and Embryology and LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Giorgio Zauli

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy

Rebecca Voltan

Affiliation Department of Morphology and Embryology and LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Sergio Gianesini

Affiliation Vascular Disease Center, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Maria Grazia di Iasio

Affiliation Department of Morphology and Embryology and LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Ilaria Volpi

Affiliation Department of Morphology and Embryology and LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Guido Fiorentini

Affiliation Vascular Disease Center, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Paolo Zamboni

Affiliation Vascular Disease Center, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Paola Secchiero

paola.secchiero@unife.it

Affiliation Department of Morphology and Embryology and LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS GZ PZ. Performed the experiments: VT RV SG MGdI IV GF. Analyzed the data: PS GZ VT. Wrote the paper: GZ PS VT.