About the Authors

Marie-Claude Brulhart-Meynet

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Hypertension and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Vincent Braunersreuther

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, Service of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

Jonas Brinck

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Hypertension and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Fabrizio Montecucco

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, Service of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of human protein sciences, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, First Clinic of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa School of Medicine. IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino—IST Instituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

Jean-Christophe Prost

Affiliation Unit of Toxicology, CURML, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Aurelien Thomas

Affiliation Unit of Toxicology, CURML, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Katia Galan

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

Graziano Pelli

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

Sarah Pedretti

Affiliation Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Nicolas Vuilleumier

Affiliations Service of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of human protein sciences, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

François Mach

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

Sandrine Lecour

Affiliation Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Richard W. James

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Hypertension and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Miguel A. Frias

Miguel.Frias@unige.ch

Affiliation Service of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Hypertension and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAF RWJ SL F. Montecucco. Performed the experiments: MAF MCBM VB JB F. Montecucco JCP KG GP SP. Analyzed the data: MAF MCBM VB JB F. Montecucco AT KG GP SL RWJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAF F. Montecucco F. Mach AT SL RWJ. Wrote the paper: MAF JB F. Montecucco NV F. Mach SL RWJ.