About the Authors

Eleonora Derlindati

eleonora.derlindati@unipr.it

Affiliation Unit of Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma and AOUI of Parma, Parma, Italy

Alessandra Dei Cas

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma and AOUI of Parma, Parma, Italy

Barbara Montanini

Affiliation Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Protein Engineering, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Valentina Spigoni

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma and AOUI of Parma, Parma, Italy

Valentina Curella

Affiliation Unit of Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma and AOUI of Parma, Parma, Italy

Raffaella Aldigeri

Affiliation Unit of Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma and AOUI of Parma, Parma, Italy

Diego Ardigò

Affiliation Unit of Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma and AOUI of Parma, Parma, Italy

Ivana Zavaroni

Affiliation Unit of Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma and AOUI of Parma, Parma, Italy

Riccardo C. Bonadonna

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma and AOUI of Parma, Parma, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ED DA. Performed the experiments: ED VS VC. Analyzed the data: ED BM RA DA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IZ BM. Wrote the paper: RCB ED ADC VS IZ.