About the Authors

Elena G. Ruano

Affiliations CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Barcelona, Spain, Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

Silvia Canivell

Affiliation Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

Elaine Vieira

evieira@ciberdem.org

Affiliations CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Barcelona, Spain, Diabetes and Obesity Research Laboratory, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EV. Performed the experiments: ER. Analyzed the data: SC ER. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EV. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: EV. Financial support: EV. Critical revising of important intellectual content of the paper: EV.