About the Authors

Paola Altieri

Contributed equally to this work with: Paola Altieri, Paolo Spallarossa

Paola.Altieri@unige.it

Affiliation Research Centre of Cardiovascular Biology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Paolo Spallarossa

Contributed equally to this work with: Paola Altieri, Paolo Spallarossa

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, IRCCS University Hospital San Martino, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Chiara Barisione

Affiliation Research Centre of Cardiovascular Biology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Silvano Garibaldi

Affiliation Research Centre of Cardiovascular Biology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Anna Garuti

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Therapies, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Patrizia Fabbi

Affiliation Research Centre of Cardiovascular Biology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Giorgio Ghigliotti

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, IRCCS University Hospital San Martino, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Claudio Brunelli

Affiliations Research Centre of Cardiovascular Biology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, Division of Cardiology, IRCCS University Hospital San Martino, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA PS C. Brunelli. Performed the experiments: PA C. Barisione SG AG PF. Analyzed the data: PA PS GG. Wrote the paper: PA PS.