About the Authors

Cornelia Di Gaetano

cornelia.digaetano@unito.it

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy

Floriana Voglino

Affiliation Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy

Simonetta Guarrera

Affiliation Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy

Giovanni Fiorito

Affiliation Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy

Fabio Rosa

Affiliation Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy

Anna Maria Di Blasio

Affiliation Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Cusano Milanino, Italy

Paola Manzini

Affiliation Banca del Sangue, San Giovanni-Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy

Irma Dianzani

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Marta Betti

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Daniele Cusi

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Genomic and Bioinformatics Unit, Fondazione Filarete, Milan, Italy

Francesca Frau

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Genomic and Bioinformatics Unit, Fondazione Filarete, Milan, Italy

Cristina Barlassina

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Genomic and Bioinformatics Unit, Fondazione Filarete, Milan, Italy

Dario Mirabelli

Affiliation Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Turin, Italy

Corrado Magnani

Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Nicola Glorioso

Affiliation Hypertension and Related Diseases Center, AOU, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Stefano Bonassi

Affiliation Unit of Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy

Alberto Piazza

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy

Giuseppe Matullo

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDG FV GF AP GM. Performed the experiments: SG MB FF CB. Analyzed the data: CDG FV GF GM FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMDB PM DC ID DM SB CM NG. Wrote the paper: CDG GM.