About the Authors
- Nidhi Rohatgi
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Haytham Aly
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Connie A. Marshall
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- William G. McDonald
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Affiliation Metabolic Solutions Development Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
- Rolf F. Kletzien
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Affiliation Metabolic Solutions Development Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
- Jerry R. Colca
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Affiliation Metabolic Solutions Development Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
- Michael L. McDaniel
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* E-mail: mmcdaniel@wustl.edu
Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
JRC, WGM and RFK are employees of Metabolic Solutions Development Company (MSDC). MSDC provided limited research funds to the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the purchase of human islets. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NR HA CAM WGM RFK JRC MLM. Performed the experiments: NR HA CAM MLM. Analyzed the data: NR HA CAM WGM RFK JRC MLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NR HA CAM WGM RFK JRC MLM. Wrote the paper: NR HA CAM WGM RFK JRC MLM.