About the Authors

Mohammed Bensellam

Affiliation Pôle d′Endocrinologie, Diabète et Nutrition, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Bertrand Duvillié

Affiliation INSERM U845, Faculté de Médecine, Research Center Growth and Signalling, Université Paris Descartes, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France

Galyna Rybachuk

Affiliation Pôle d′Endocrinologie, Diabète et Nutrition, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

D. Ross Laybutt

Affiliation Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Christophe Magnan

Affiliation Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, CNRS-Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Paris, France

Yves Guiot

Affiliation Pôle de Morphologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Jacques Pouysségur

Affiliation Institute of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, University of Nice, CNRS UMR 6543, Centre A. Lacassagne, Nice, France

Jean-Christophe Jonas

jean-christophe.jonas@uclouvain.be

Affiliation Pôle d′Endocrinologie, Diabète et Nutrition, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

Dr. Jonas and Dr. Duvillié obtained grants from non-commercial funding agencies that raised funds through partnerships with Merck Sharp & Dohme, sanofi-aventis Group and Novo-Nordisk A/S. There are no patents, marketed products, or products in development related to this research. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB J-CJ. Performed the experiments: MB GR BD DRL CM. Analyzed the data: MB GR BD DRL J-CJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BD DRL CM YG JP. Wrote the paper: MB J-CJ. Provided corrections and suggestions to the paper: GR BD DRL CM YG JP.