About the Authors

Maria Chiara Ciuffreda

Affiliations Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences – Coronary Care Unit and Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS (IRCCS: Institute for Treatment and Research) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology for Cell and Molecular Therapy, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Valerio Tolva

Affiliation Surgical Department, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

Renato Casana

Affiliation Surgical Department, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

Massimiliano Gnecchi

Affiliations Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences – Coronary Care Unit and Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS (IRCCS: Institute for Treatment and Research) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology for Cell and Molecular Therapy, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Unit of Cardiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Department of Medicine, Cape Town University, Cape Town, South Africa

Emilio Vanoli

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, IRCCS Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy

Carla Spazzolini

Affiliation Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Base, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

John Roughan

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience, Comparative Biology Centre, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Laura Calvillo

l.calvillo@auxologico.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Base, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC MC EV MG. Performed the experiments: LC MC EV. Analyzed the data: LC MC CS RC VT JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC MC MG EV CS. Wrote the paper: LC MC CS JR MG EV.