About the Authors

Fabrice Moore

fmoore@ulb.ac.be (FM); deizirik@ulb.ac.be (DLE)

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Izortze Santin

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Tatiane C. Nogueira

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Esteban N. Gurzov

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Lorella Marselli

Affiliation Metabolic Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Piero Marchetti

Affiliation Metabolic Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Decio L. Eizirik

fmoore@ulb.ac.be (FM); deizirik@ulb.ac.be (DLE)

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FM DLE. Performed the experiments: FM IS TCN. Analyzed the data: FM IS DLE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ENG LM PM. Wrote the paper: FM DLE.