About the Authors

Julia Szendroedi

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Metabolic Diseases, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Karl-Landsteiner Institute for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Albrecht Ingo Schmid

Affiliations Karl-Landsteiner Institute for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, MR Center of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Marek Chmelik

Affiliations Karl-Landsteiner Institute for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, MR Center of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Martin Krssak

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Peter Nowotny

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Prikoszovich

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Michael Wolzt

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Werner Waldhäusl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Michael Roden

michael.roden@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Metabolic Diseases, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Karl-Landsteiner Institute for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS AIS WW MR. Performed the experiments: JS AIS MC MK TP AK-W PN. Analyzed the data: JS AIS MC MK TP AK-W PN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW WW MR. Wrote the paper: JS MR. Revised the manuscript: MK WW MW AK-W TP.