About the Authors

Franco Folli

Contributed equally to this work with: Franco Folli, Terumasa Okada, Carla Perego

Rohit.Kulkarni@joslin.harvard.edu (RNK); folli@uthscsa.edu (FF)

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Terumasa Okada

Contributed equally to this work with: Franco Folli, Terumasa Okada, Carla Perego

Affiliation Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carla Perego

Contributed equally to this work with: Franco Folli, Terumasa Okada, Carla Perego

Affiliation Department of Molecular Science Applied to Biosystems, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Jenny Gunton

Affiliation Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

Chong Wee Liew

Affiliation Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Masaru Akiyama

Affiliation Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anna D'Amico

Affiliation Department of Molecular Science Applied to Biosystems, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Stefano La Rosa

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ospedale di Circolo and Department of Human Morphology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Claudia Placidi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ospedale di Circolo and Department of Human Morphology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Roberto Lupi

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Piero Marchetti

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Giorgio Sesti

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Marc Hellerstein

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Lucia Perego

Affiliation Department of Molecular Science Applied to Biosystems, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Rohit N. Kulkarni

Rohit.Kulkarni@joslin.harvard.edu (RNK); folli@uthscsa.edu (FF)

Affiliation Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FF RNK. Performed the experiments: TO CP JG CLW MA AA SLR RL MH. Analyzed the data: FF TO CP JG CWL MA AA SLR CP RL PM MH LP RNK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FF JG CP SLR CP RL GS LP RNK. Wrote the paper: FF TO JG GS RNK.