1 Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James's Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Ireland.
2 Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.
3 Center for Heart and Vessel Preclinical Studies, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 22201 Moross Road, Detroit, USA.
4 Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
5 Sezione di Chimica Biologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologico-Biomediche, Università di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 8, I-37134 Verona, Italy.
6 Centre for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, William Harvey Research Institute, St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
7 Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK. Electronic address: a.stephanou@ich.ucl.ac.uk.