About the Authors

Fabienne T. Schulthess

Affiliations Centre for Biomolecular Interactions, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sophie Katz

Affiliation Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Amin Ardestani

Affiliation Centre for Biomolecular Interactions, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Hiroshi Kawahira

Affiliation Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Senta Georgia

Affiliation Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Domenico Bosco

Affiliation Cell Isolation and Transplantation Center, Department of Surgery, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Genèva, Switzerland

Anil Bhushan

Affiliation Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kathrin Maedler

kmaedler@uni-bremen.de

Affiliations Centre for Biomolecular Interactions, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FTS SK AB KM. Performed the experiments: FTS SK AA HK SG DB. Analyzed the data: FTS SK AA HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB AB KM. Wrote the paper: FTS AA KM.