About the Authors
- Ana P. Bouças
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Affiliations Laboratory of Biology of Human Pancreatic Islet, Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Letícia A. Brondani
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Affiliations Laboratory of Biology of Human Pancreatic Islet, Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Bianca M. Souza
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Affiliations Laboratory of Biology of Human Pancreatic Islet, Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Natália E. Lemos
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Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Fernanda S. de Oliveira
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Affiliation Laboratory of Biology of Human Pancreatic Islet, Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Luis H. Canani
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Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Daisy Crispim
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* E-mail: dcmoreira@hcpa.ufrgs.br
Affiliations Laboratory of Biology of Human Pancreatic Islet, Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: APB DC. Performed the experiments: APB FSO LAB NEL BMS. Analyzed the data: APB FSO LAB NEL LHC DC BMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LHC DC. Wrote the paper: APB DC. Contributed to the discussion and reviewed the final version of the manuscript: FSO LAB NEL LHC BMS.