About the Authors

Jody Ye

Affiliation Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Marta Vives-Pi

Affiliation Immunology Department, Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera Canyet s/n, Badalona, Spain

Kathleen M. Gillespie

K.M.Gillespie@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliation Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY KMG. Performed the experiments: JY KMG. Analyzed the data: JY KG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV-P. Wrote the paper: JY MV-P KMG.