About the Authors

Patrick E MacDonald

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pmacdonald@bcell.org

Affiliations Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom , Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Yang Zhang De Marinis

Affiliation Lund University Diabetes Centre, Clinical Research Center, Malmö, Sweden

Reshma Ramracheya

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Albert Salehi

Affiliation Lund University Diabetes Centre, Clinical Research Center, Malmö, Sweden

Xiaosong Ma

Affiliation Lund University Diabetes Centre, Clinical Research Center, Malmö, Sweden

Paul R. V Johnson

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Roger Cox

Affiliation Medical Research Council Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, United Kingdom

Lena Eliasson

Affiliation Lund University Diabetes Centre, Clinical Research Center, Malmö, Sweden

Patrik Rorsman

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PEM, LE, and PR conceived and designed the experiments. PEM, YZDM, RR, AS, XM, and LE performed the experiments. PEM, YZDM, RR, AS, LE, and PR analyzed the data. PRVJ and RC contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. PEM and PR wrote the paper.