About the Authors

Elisabetta Iori

Affiliation Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Bruna Vinci

Affiliations Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca ″E.Piaggio″, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy

Ellen Murphy

Affiliation Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Maria Cristina Marescotti

Affiliation Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Angelo Avogaro

Affiliation Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Arti Ahluwalia

arti.ahluwalia@centropiaggio.unipi.it

Affiliations Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca ″E.Piaggio″, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Avogaro A. Ahluwalia. Performed the experiments: EI BV MCM EM. Analyzed the data: EI EM A. Ahluwalia. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A. Avogaro A. Ahluwalia. Wrote the paper: EI A. Ahluwalia.