About the Authors

Peter Arner

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute at Karolinska Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Erik Arner

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute at Karolinska Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Ann Hammarstedt

Affiliation The Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Center of Excellence for Metabolic and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Ulf Smith

ulf.smith@medic.gu.se

Affiliation The Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Center of Excellence for Metabolic and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA US. Performed the experiments: EA AH. Analyzed the data: PA EA AH US. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PA EA AH US. Wrote the paper: PA US.