About the Authors

Mireia Mora

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Laboratory of Endocrine Disorders, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Barcelona, Spain

Felicia A. Hanzu

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Laboratory of Endocrine Disorders, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Barcelona, Spain

Marta Pradas-Juni

Affiliations Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Barcelona, Spain, Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory - Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Gloria B. Aranda

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Laboratory of Endocrine Disorders, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Barcelona, Spain

Irene Halperin

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Laboratory of Endocrine Disorders, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Manuel Puig-Domingo

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institut and Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

Sira Aguiló

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Eduardo Fernández-Rebollo

edu.ferrebo@gmail.com

Affiliations Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Barcelona, Spain, Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory - Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM FH EF-R. Performed the experiments: FH SA MM MP-J EF-R. Analyzed the data: MM FH MP-J GBA EF-R. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IH MPD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MM EF-R. Revised the manuscript and contributed significantly to the intellectual value of the paper: FH IH GBA MPD SA.