About the Authors

Yu-Wen Lin

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, and Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Anlong Li

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, and Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Valeria Grasso

Affiliation Laboratory of Mendelian Diabetes, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Research Institute, at University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Domenica Battaglia

Affiliation Child Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Sacro Cuore Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Antonino Crinò

Affiliation Autoimmune Endocrine Diseases Unit, Endocrinology Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Research Institute, Palidoro, Rome, Italy

Carlo Colombo

Affiliation Laboratory of Mendelian Diabetes, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Research Institute, at University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Fabrizio Barbetti

Affiliations Laboratory of Mendelian Diabetes, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Research Institute, at University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Colin G. Nichols

cnichols@wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, and Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YWL AL CGN FB. Performed the experiments: YWL AL VG DB AC CC. Analyzed the data: YWL AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VG DB AC CC. Wrote the paper: YWL FB CGN.