About the Authors

Yan Liu

Affiliations Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie & Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, HuaZhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P. R. China

Priyanka Gupta

Affiliation Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie & Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Marc Lapointe

Affiliation Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie & Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Thewjitcharoen Yotsapon

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sunthornyothin Sarat

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Katherine Cianflone

katherine.cianflone@criucpq.ulaval.ca

Affiliation Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie & Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

This study was partly funded by a Diabetes Research Grant from The Endocrine Society of Thailand (sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY SS YL PG ML KC. Performed the experiments: TY YL PG. Analyzed the data: YL PG ML KC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TY KC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YL TY ML KC.