About the Authors

Giuseppina Milano

giuseppina.milano@chuv.ch

Affiliations Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland, Laboratorio di Biologia Vascolare e Medicina Regenerativa, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCSS, Milan, Italy

Provvidenza Maria Abruzzo

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Alessandra Bolotta

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Marina Marini

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Laura Terraneo

Affiliation Department of Health Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Barbara Ravara

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Luisa Gorza

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Maurizio Vitadello

Affiliation CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Padova section, Padova, Italy

Sabrina Burattini

Affiliation DiSTeVA, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino, Italy

Davide Curzi

Affiliation DiSTeVA, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino, Italy

Elisabetta Falcieri

Affiliation DiSTeVA, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino, Italy

Ludwig K. von Segesser

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

Michele Samaja

Affiliation Department of Health Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM MM LG LKvS MS. Performed the experiments: GM PMA AB LT BR MV SB DC EF. Analyzed the data: GM MM LG MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM PMA AB LT BR MV SB DC EF. Wrote the manuscript: GM MM LG MS. Helpful discussion: MM LG LKvS.