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Edited by Clara Franzini-Armstrong, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, and approved April 14, 2017 (received for review February 9, 2017)
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- Published in issue May 30, 2017.
- Published first May 15, 2017.
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- M. Scardiglia,b,
- C. Crocinia,b,
- C. Ferrantinic,
- T. Gabbriellia,
- L. Silvestria,b,
- R. Coppinid,
- C. Tesic,
- E. A. Rog-Zielinskae,f,
- P. Kohle,f,
- E. Cerbaid,
- C. Poggesic,
- F. S. Pavonea,b,g, and
- L. Sacconia,b,1
- aEuropean Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy;
- bNational Institute of Optics, National Research Council, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy;
- cDivision of Physiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy;
- dDivision of Pharmacology, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Psicologia, Area del Farmaco e Salute del Bambino, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy;
- eInstitute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg, Germany;
- fThe Magdi Yacoub Institute, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UB9 6JH London, United Kingdom;
- gDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, 50019 Florence, Italy
Edited by Clara Franzini-Armstrong, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, and approved April 14, 2017 (received for review February 9, 2017)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: sacconi{at}lens.unifi.it.
Author contributions: M.S., C.C., C.F., R.C., C.T., E.A.R.-Z., P.K., E.C., C.P., F.S.P., and L. Sacconi designed research; M.S. and L. Sacconi performed research; F.S.P. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; M.S., C.C., T.G., L. Silvestri, and L. Sacconi analyzed data; and M.S., C.C., C.F., T.G., L. Silvestri, R.C., C.T., E.A.R.-Z., P.K., E.C., C.P., and L. Sacconi wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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