About the Authors

Patrizia Fabbi

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Paolo Spallarossa

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Silvano Garibaldi

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Chiara Barisione

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Marzia Mura

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Paola Altieri

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Barbara Rebesco

Affiliation Antiblastic Drug Unit, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy

Maria Gaia Monti

Affiliation Department of Medical Translational Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

Marco Canepa

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Giorgio Ghigliotti

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Claudio Brunelli

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Pietro Ameri

pietroameri@unige.it

Affiliation Research Center of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PF PS SG MC BC PA. Performed the experiments: PF SG CB MM PA BR GG PA MGM. Analyzed the data: PF SG MC PA MGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BR. Wrote the paper: PF SG PA. Revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: PS CB MM PA BR MC GG BC. Final approval of the version to be published: PF PS SG CB MM PA BR MC GG BC PA MGM.