About the Authors

David Solà-Villà

Affiliation Autonomous University of Barcelona, Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

Jaime-Félix Dilmé

Affiliations Angiology, Vascular Biology and Inflammation Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain, Vascular Surgery Department, Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

Cristina Rodríguez

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center (CSIC-ICCC), Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

Begoña Soto

Affiliations Angiology, Vascular Biology and Inflammation Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain, Vascular Surgery Department, Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

Luis Vila

Affiliation Angiology, Vascular Biology and Inflammation Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

José-Román Escudero

Affiliations Angiology, Vascular Biology and Inflammation Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain, Vascular Surgery Department, Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

José Martínez-González

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center (CSIC-ICCC), Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

Mercedes Camacho

mcamacho@santpau.cat

Affiliation Angiology, Vascular Biology and Inflammation Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Research (II-B Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSV JFD BS LV JRE MC. Performed the experiments: DSV JFD BS CR. Analyzed the data: JFD LV MC. Wrote the paper: LV MC. Interpretation of data for the work: JRE CR JMG LV MC. Revised the work critically for important intellectual content: JFD JRE CR JMG. Data collection: JFD JRE BS.