About the Authors

Rita Vik

Contributed equally to this work with: Rita Vik, Marco Busnelli

Rita.Vik@k2.uib.no

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Marco Busnelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Rita Vik, Marco Busnelli

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Cinzia Parolini

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Bodil Bjørndal

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Sverre Holm

Affiliation Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Pavol Bohov

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Bente Halvorsen

Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Trond Brattelid

Affiliation National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research, NIFES, Bergen, Norway

Stefano Manzini

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Giulia S. Ganzetti

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Federica Dellera

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Ottar K. Nygård

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Pål Aukrust

Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, K.G. Jebsen Inflammation Research Centre, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Cesare R. Sirtori

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Giulia Chiesa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Rolf K. Berge

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB MB TB. Performed the experiments: RV MB CP TB PB SM GSG. Analyzed the data: RV MB CP BB SH SM GSG FD OKN PA CRS GC RKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH BH. Wrote the manuscript: RV BB RKB.