About the Authors
- Peter Weyrich
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Harald Staiger
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* E-mail: harald.staiger@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Alena Stančáková
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Fausto Machicao
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Jürgen Machann
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Affiliation Section on Experimental Radiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
- Fritz Schick
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Affiliation Section on Experimental Radiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
- Norbert Stefan
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Johanna Kuusisto
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Markku Laakso
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Silke Schäfer
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Andreas Fritsche
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Hans-Ulrich Häring
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PW NS ML AF HUH. Performed the experiments: FM JM SAS. Analyzed the data: PW HS AS JK AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM JM FS ML HUH. Wrote the paper: PW. Revised/edited the manuscript: HS AS FS NS JK ML SAS AF HUH. Contributed to discussion: HS AS FM JM FS NS JK ML SAS AF HUH.