About the Authors

Caterina Mammi

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Basic Research, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy

Donatella Pastore

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Marco F. Lombardo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Francesca Ferrelli

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Massimiliano Caprio

Affiliation Centre for Clinical and Basic Research, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy

Claudia Consoli

Affiliation San Raffaele Sulmona, L'Aquila, Italy

Manfredi Tesauro

Affiliation San Raffaele Sulmona, L'Aquila, Italy

Lucia Gatta

Affiliation San Raffaele Sulmona, L'Aquila, Italy

Massimo Fini

Affiliation San Raffaele Sulmona, L'Aquila, Italy

Massimo Federici

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Paolo Sbraccia

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Giulia Donadel

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Alfonso Bellia

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe M. Rosano

Affiliation San Raffaele Sulmona, L'Aquila, Italy

Andrea Fabbri

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, Unit of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale S. Eugenio and CTO A. Alesini, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Davide Lauro

d.lauro@med.uniroma2.it

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM DL. Performed the experiments: CM DP ML FF CC LG DL. Analyzed the data: CM DP ML FF MC M. Fini M. Federici PS GD AB GMR AF DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Fini DL. Wrote the paper: CM DP MC CC LG DL. Performed several nitric oxide measurements and cell biology experiments: MT.