About the Authors

Paolo Martini

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Martini, Gabriele Sales

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Gabriele Sales

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Martini, Gabriele Sales

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Mattia Brugiolo

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Alessandro Gandaglia

Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Filippo Naso

Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Cristiano De Pittà

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Michele Spina

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Gino Gerosa

Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Francesco Chemello

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Chiara Romualdi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Stefano Cagnin

stefano.cagnin@unipd.it (SC); gerolamo.lanfranchi@unipd.it (GL)

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Gerolamo Lanfranchi

stefano.cagnin@unipd.it (SC); gerolamo.lanfranchi@unipd.it (GL)

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests and relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the article.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC GL. Performed the experiments: SC MB CDP FC. Analyzed the data: SC CR GS PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS GG GL. Wrote the paper: SC PM GL. Animal maintenance and tissue dissection: AG FN.