1National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), Pisa Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, PI, Italy
2Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, PD, Italy
3Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant Unit, S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
4Laboratory of Nephrology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
5Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
6Laboratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy