About the Authors
- Alexander Strom
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Contributed equally to this work with: Alexander Strom, Hubert Kolb
* E-mail: alexander.strom@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Hubert Kolb
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Contributed equally to this work with: Alexander Strom, Hubert Kolb
Affiliation Immunobiology Research Group, University Hospital, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Stephan Martin
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Affiliation West-German Centre of Diabetes and Health, Verbund Katholischer Kliniken Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Christian Herder
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Marie-Christine Simon
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Wolfgang Koenig
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
- Tim Heise
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Affiliation Profil Institute for Metabolic Research, Neuss, Germany
- Lutz Heinemann
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Affiliation Profil Institute for Metabolic Research, Neuss, Germany
- Michael Roden
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Nanette C. Schloot
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Current address: BU Diabetes, Lilly Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany
Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany
- on behalf of the DIATOR Study Group
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¶A complete list of the DIATOR Study Group can be found in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: T. Heise and L. Heinemann are employed by Profil Institute of Metabolic Research which was contracted to conduct the trial. N.C. Schloot is employed by Lilly Deutschland GmbH. The study was funded by an unrestricted grant from Pfizer Pharma GmbH, Berlin. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SM HK. Performed the experiments: SM TH LH NCS MCS WK CH. Analyzed the data: AS HK NCS. Wrote the paper: AS HK NCS. Data interpretation: HK AS SM TH LH NCS MCS WK CH MR. Revision and final approval: HK AS SM TH LH NCS MCS WK CH MR.