About the Authors

Andrei I. Tarasov

Affiliation Section of Cell Biology, Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Francesca Semplici

Affiliation Section of Cell Biology, Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Magalie A. Ravier

Affiliations Section of Cell Biology, Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, INSERM U661, CNRS UMR5203, Université Montpellier I et II, Montpellier, France

Elisa A. Bellomo

Affiliation Section of Cell Biology, Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Timothy J. Pullen

Affiliation Section of Cell Biology, Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Patrick Gilon

Affiliation Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Israel Sekler

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Rosario Rizzuto

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Guy A. Rutter

g.rutter@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Section of Cell Biology, Division of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAR AIT. Performed the experiments: AIT FS MAR EAB TJP. Analyzed the data: AIT GAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PG RR IS. Wrote the paper: AIT GAR. Proofread the manuscript: TJP.