About the Authors
- Ewan R Pearson
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ewan R Pearson, Sylvia F Boj, Anna M Steele
Affiliations Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom , Division of Medicine and Therapeutics, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
- Sylvia F Boj
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ewan R Pearson, Sylvia F Boj, Anna M Steele
Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain , Genomic Programming of Beta Cells Laboratory, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
- Anna M Steele
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ewan R Pearson, Sylvia F Boj, Anna M Steele
Affiliation Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Timothy Barrett
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Affiliation Institute of Child Health, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Karen Stals
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Affiliation Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Julian P Shield
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Affiliations Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom , University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Sian Ellard
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Affiliation Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Jorge Ferrer
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Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain , Genomic Programming of Beta Cells Laboratory, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
- Andrew T Hattersley
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: A.T.Hattersley@ex.ac.uk
Affiliation Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ERP, SFB, AMS, SE, JF, and ATH were involved with the study design and data analysis. The mouse studies were undertaken by SFB and JF. The human molecular genetic analysis was carried out by KS and SE. All authors were involved with interpretation of the data and preparation of the manuscript.