About the Authors

Anna Aulinas

aaulinasm@gmail.com

Affiliations Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute, Endocrinology/Medicine Departments, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER Unit 747), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain

María-José Ramírez

Affiliation Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Department of Genetics and Microbiology and Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER Unit 745), ISCIII, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

María-José Barahona

Affiliations Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER Unit 747), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain, Hospital Universitari Mutua Terrassa, Endocrinology Department, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

Elena Valassi

Affiliations Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute, Endocrinology/Medicine Departments, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER Unit 747), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain

Eugenia Resmini

Affiliations Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute, Endocrinology/Medicine Departments, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER Unit 747), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain

Eugènia Mato

Affiliations Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute, Endocrinology/Medicine Departments, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain

Alicia Santos

Affiliations Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute, Endocrinology/Medicine Departments, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER Unit 747), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain

Iris Crespo

Affiliations Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute, Endocrinology/Medicine Departments, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER Unit 747), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain

Olga Bell

Affiliations Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute, Endocrinology/Medicine Departments, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Surrallés

Affiliation Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Department of Genetics and Microbiology and Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER Unit 745), ISCIII, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Susan M. Webb

Affiliations Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute, Endocrinology/Medicine Departments, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER Unit 747), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA MJR ER JS SMW. Performed the experiments: AA MJR MJB EM OB JS. Analyzed the data: AA MJR MJB EV ER IC AS JS SMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA MJR EM OB JS SMW. Wrote the paper: AA MJR MJB EV ER EM AS IC JS SMW.