About the Authors

Giuseppe Murdolo

gmurdolo@tiscalinet.it

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy

Bettina Nowotny

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Federica Celi

Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, Department of Surgical Sciences and Public Health, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy

Miranda Donati

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy

Vittorio Bini

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy

Francesco Papi

Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, Department of Surgical Sciences and Public Health, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy

Gabi Gornitzka

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Serena Castellani

Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, Department of Surgical Sciences and Public Health, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy

Michael Roden

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Clinics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Adriano Falorni

Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, Department of Surgical Sciences and Public Health, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy

Christian Herder

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Alberto Falorni

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Adriano Falorni. Performed the experiments: GM BN FC VB FP GG SC CH. Analyzed the data: GM BN VB MR CH Alberto Falorni. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM BN MD VB FP GG CH. Wrote the paper: GM CH. Coordinated all experiments and work: GM VB Adriano Falorni CH Alberto Falorni.