About the Authors

Federica Chiara

Affiliation CNR Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Diego Castellaro

Affiliation CNR Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Oriano Marin

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Valeria Petronilli

Affiliation CNR Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

William S. Brusilow

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Magdalena Juhaszova

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Steven J. Sollott

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Forte

Affiliation Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Paolo Bernardi

bernardi@bio.unipd.it (PB); rasola@bio.unipd.it (AR)

Affiliation CNR Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Andrea Rasola

bernardi@bio.unipd.it (PB); rasola@bio.unipd.it (AR)

Affiliation CNR Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS PB AR FC MJ. Performed the experiments: SS FC DC WB MJ. Analyzed the data: MF AR FC VP WB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OM. Wrote the paper: PB AR.