About the Authors

Christiane Winkler

Affiliations Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V. at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Jennifer Raab

Affiliation Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V. at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Harald Grallert

Affiliation Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Anette-Gabriele Ziegler

anette-g.ziegler@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliations Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V. at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, University of Technology Munich, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW AGZ. Performed the experiments: CW JR. Analyzed the data: CW JR HG AGZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW JR HG AGZ. Wrote the paper: CW JR HG AGZ.