About the Authors

Lucia Valentínová

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia, Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nicola L. Beer

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Juraj Staník

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia, Children Diabetes Centre, First Department of Paediatrics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Nicholas D. Tribble

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Martijn van de Bunt

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Miroslava Hučková

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Amy Barrett

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Iwar Klimeš

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Daniela Gašperíková

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Anna L. Gloyn

anna.gloyn@drl.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LV NLB NDT IK DG ALG. Performed the experiments: LV NLB NDT MvdB MH AB. Analyzed the data: LV NLB JS NDT MvdB DG ALG. Wrote the paper: LV ALG. Collected clinical data: JS DG IK. Edited the paper: NLB MvdB DG. Approved the final version of the paper: LV NLB JS NDT MvdB MH AB IK DG ALG.