About the Authors

Caroline M. Junker Mentzel

Affiliations Animal Genetics, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark, Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Ferhat Alkan

Affiliation Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Helle Keinicke

Affiliation Animal Genetics, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Mette J. Jacobsen

Affiliation Animal Genetics, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Jan Gorodkin

Affiliation Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Merete Fredholm

Affiliations Animal Genetics, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark, Center for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Susanna Cirera

scs@sund.ku.dk

Affiliation Animal Genetics, Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Competing Interests

The obese minipigs were donated by Novo Nordisk A/S as a part of a scientific collaboration between University of Copenhagen (KU) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2011. We have reused the animal material from this collaboration. Novo Nordisk A/S was not involved in the present study and the authors have not received any funding or pay from Novo Nordisk A/S. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and material.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CMJM SC MF JG. Data curation: CMJM FA. Formal analysis: CMJM FA MJJ SC. Funding acquisition: MF JG. Investigation: CMJM HK FA. Methodology: CMJM SC MF FA JG. Project administration: CMJM SC MF. Resources: JG MF SC. Supervision: SC MF JG. Visualization: CMJM. Writing – original draft: CMJM. Writing – review & editing: MF SC MJJ FA HK CMJM.