1. Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
2. Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
3. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, “G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
4. Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Pathology and Oncology and Environmental Health Engineering Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
5. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
6. Retired from Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy