About the Authors

Bruce A. Perkins

Contributed equally to this work with: Bruce A. Perkins, Naila Rabbani

bruce.perkins@uhn.on.ca

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Naila Rabbani

Contributed equally to this work with: Bruce A. Perkins, Naila Rabbani

Affiliation Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Andrew Weston

Affiliation Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Linda H. Ficociello

Affiliation Section on Genetics and Epidemiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Antonysunil Adaikalakoteswari

Affiliation Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Monika Niewczas

Affiliation Section on Genetics and Epidemiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

James Warram

Affiliation Section on Genetics and Epidemiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrzej S. Krolewski

Affiliation Section on Genetics and Epidemiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul Thornalley

Affiliation Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAP AK JW LHF MN. Performed the experiments: AW NR AA PT. Analyzed the data: BAP LHF MN JW AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PT. Wrote the paper: BAP AK PT.