1 Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, DISCLIMO, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
2 Unit of Vascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Centro Cardiologico Monzino-IRCCS, Via Parea 4, 20138 Milan, Italy.
3 Department of Pathobiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Palermo, 90134 Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: carmelarita.balistreri@unipa.it.