About the Authors

Serenella Salinari

Affiliation Department of Computer and System Science, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Cyrille Debard

Affiliation Lyon 1 University, CarMeN Laboratory, INSERM U1060, Oullins, France

Alessandro Bertuzzi

Affiliation Institute of Systems Analysis and Computer Science, National Research Council, Rome, Italy

Christine Durand

Affiliation Lyon 1 University, CarMeN Laboratory, INSERM U1060, Oullins, France

Paul Zimmet

Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Hubert Vidal

Affiliation Lyon 1 University, CarMeN Laboratory, INSERM U1060, Oullins, France

Geltrude Mingrone

gmingrone@rm.unicatt.it

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM SS AB HV. Performed the experiments: C. Debard C. Durand HV. Analyzed the data: SS AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HV GM. Wrote the paper: GM SS AB HV PZ.