About the Authors

David B Savage

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Lanmin Zhai

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America

Balasubramanian Ravikumar

Affiliation School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Cheol Soo Choi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Johanna E Snaar

Affiliation Magnetic Resonance Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Amanda C McGuire

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America

Sung-Eun Wou

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America

Gemma Medina-Gomez

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sheene Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Cheryl B Bock

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Dyann M Segvich

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America

Antonio Vidal-Puig

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nicholas J Wareham

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Gerald I Shulman

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Fredrik Karpe

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

Roy Taylor

Affiliation School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Bartholomew A Pederson

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America

Peter J Roach

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America

Stephen O'Rahilly

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: adepaoli@iupui.edu (ADP); so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk (SOR)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Anna A DePaoli-Roach

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: adepaoli@iupui.edu (ADP); so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk (SOR)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Mouse studies were designed and performed by DBS, LZ, CSC, ACG, SEW, GMG, SK, CBB, DMS, AVP, GIS, BAP, PJR and ADPR. Human studies were designed and performed by DBS, BR, JES, NJW, FK, RT and SOR. The manuscript was prepared by DBS, SOR and ADPR, and seen by all authors.