About the Authors

Henriette Kirchner

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Kristy M. Heppner

Affiliation Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jenna Holland

Affiliation Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Dhiraj Kabra

Affiliation Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany

Matthias H. Tschöp

Affiliations Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany

Paul T. Pfluger

paul.pfluger@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliations Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK MHT PTP. Performed the experiments: HK KH JH DK. Analyzed the data: HK PTP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MHT. Wrote the paper: HK PTP.