About the Authors
- Ayse G. Kayali
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Ana D. Lopez
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Ergeng Hao
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Andrew Hinton
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Alberto Hayek
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Charles C. King
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* E-mail: chking@ucsd.edu
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following conflicts: The authors note that Genentech (San Francisco, CA), graciously provided HGF/SF for these experiments. This commercial source did not provide any funding, financial assistance employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products for this project. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AK A. Hayek CK. Performed the experiments: AK AL EH A. Hinton. Analyzed the data: AK A. Hayek CK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK A. Hinton A. Hayek CK. Wrote the paper: AK A. Hayek CK.