About the Authors
- Sebastian Brachs
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Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charité –University School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, DZHK Partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Angelika F. Winkel
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Affiliation Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Industriepark Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- James Polack
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Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charité –University School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, DZHK Partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Hui Tang
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Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charité –University School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, DZHK Partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Maria Brachs
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Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charité –University School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, DZHK Partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Daniel Margerie
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Affiliation Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Industriepark Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Bodo Brunner
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Affiliation Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Industriepark Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Kerstin Jahn-Hofmann
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Affiliation Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Industriepark Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Hartmut Ruetten
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Affiliation Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Industriepark Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Joachim Spranger
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* E-mail: joachim.spranger@charite.de
Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charité –University School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, DZHK Partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Dieter Schmoll
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Affiliation Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Industriepark Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: This work was supported by Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH. AFW, DM, BB, KJ-H, HR, and DS are employees of Sanofi. All other authors disclose any duality of interest associated with their contribution to this manuscript. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: JS DS. Data curation: SB DM DS. Formal analysis: SB DM DS. Funding acquisition: HR DS JS. Investigation: SB AFW JP HT DM BB KJH DS. Methodology: SB BB KJH JS DS. Project administration: SB DS. Resources: SB AFW DM BB KJH DS. Supervision: JS. Validation: SB DM JS DS. Visualization: SB. Writing – original draft: SB DS. Writing – review & editing: SB JP MB JS DS.