Mehdi Dadkhah1, Claudia Stefanutti2, Giorgio Bianciardi1. 1. Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Italy. 2. Extracorporeal Therapeutic Techniques Unit, Lipid Clinic and Atherosclerosis Prevention Centre, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, 'Umberto I' Hospital, Department of Molecular Medicine, 'Sapienza' University of Rome, Italy.