About the Authors

Kristine Færch

krif@steno.dk

Affiliations Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Bryan Bergman

Affiliation University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Leigh Perreault

Affiliation University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: KF is employed by Steno Diabetes Center A/S, a research hospital working in the Danish National Health Service and which is owned by Novo Nordisk A/S. Steno Diabetes Center A/S receives part of its core funding from unrestricted grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Novo Nordisk A/S. K.F. owns shares in Novo Nordisk A/S. No other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KF LP. Performed the experiments: BB LP. Analyzed the data: KF BB LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB LP. Wrote the paper: KF.