About the Authors
- Björn Friedrich
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Contributed equally to this work with: Björn Friedrich, Peter Weyrich
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Peter Weyrich
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Contributed equally to this work with: Björn Friedrich, Peter Weyrich
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Alena Stančáková
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Jianjung Wang
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Johanna Kuusisto
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Markku Laakso
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Giorgio Sesti
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Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polyclinic Mater Domini, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Elena Succurro
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Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polyclinic Mater Domini, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Ulf Smith
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Affiliation The Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Torben Hansen
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Affiliation The Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Oluf Pedersen
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Affiliations The Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Fausto Machicao
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Silke Schäfer
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Florian Lang
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Teut Risler
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Susanne Ullrich
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Norbert Stefan
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Andreas Fritsche
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* E-mail: andreas.fritsche@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Hans-Ulrich Häring
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ML GS US TH OP FM NS AF HUH. Performed the experiments: AS JW JK ES OP SAS. Analyzed the data: BF PW AS JW JK ML GS ES US TH OP FM FL TR SU NS AF HUH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM HUH. Wrote the paper: BF PW AF.