About the Authors

Martijn van de Bunt

Contributed equally to this work with: Martijn van de Bunt, Jocelyn E. Manning Fox

Affiliations Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jocelyn E. Manning Fox

Contributed equally to this work with: Martijn van de Bunt, Jocelyn E. Manning Fox

Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Xiaoqing Dai

Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Amy Barrett

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

Caleb Grey

Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Lei Li

Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Amanda J. Bennett

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

Paul R. Johnson

Affiliations Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Raymond V. Rajotte

Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Kyle J. Gaulton

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis

Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iG3), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland

Patrick E. MacDonald

pem@ualberta.ca (PEM); Mark.McCarthy@drl.ox.ac.uk (MIM); anna.gloyn@drl.ox.ac.uk (ALG)

‡ These authors jointly directed this research.

Affiliations Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Mark I. McCarthy

pem@ualberta.ca (PEM); Mark.McCarthy@drl.ox.ac.uk (MIM); anna.gloyn@drl.ox.ac.uk (ALG)

‡ These authors jointly directed this research.

Affiliations Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Anna L. Gloyn

pem@ualberta.ca (PEM); Mark.McCarthy@drl.ox.ac.uk (MIM); anna.gloyn@drl.ox.ac.uk (ALG)

‡ These authors jointly directed this research.

Affiliations Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MvdB JEMF PEM MIM ALG. Performed the experiments: MvdB JEMF XD AB CG LL AJB. Analyzed the data: MvdB JEMF KJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PRJ RVR ETD. Wrote the paper: MvdB JEMF PEM MIM ALG.