About the Authors

Ana P. Bouças

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

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

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

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Fernanda S. de Oliveira

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

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Daisy Crispim

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.