1. Diabetes and Metabolism Lab, The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya, Lower Galilee, Israel
2. Nephrology and Hypertension Division, The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya, Lower Galilee, Israel
3. The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in Zfat in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
4. The Vascular Medicine Lab, Technion, Faculty of Medicine, Rappaport Institute, Haifa, Israel
5. Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
6. Department of Pathology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
7. Technion, Haifa, Israel