About the Authors

Paramasivam Prabu

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control & IDF Centre of Education, Gopalapuram, Chennai-600086, India

Sophie Rome

Affiliation CarMeN Laboratory (INSERM 1060, INRA 1397, INSA), University of Lyon, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, Chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69600, Oullins, France

Chandrakumar Sathishkumar

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control & IDF Centre of Education, Gopalapuram, Chennai-600086, India

Sankaramoorthy Aravind

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control & IDF Centre of Education, Gopalapuram, Chennai-600086, India

Balakumar Mahalingam

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control & IDF Centre of Education, Gopalapuram, Chennai-600086, India

Coimbatore Subramanian Shanthirani

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control & IDF Centre of Education, Gopalapuram, Chennai-600086, India

Caroline Gastebois

Affiliation CarMeN Laboratory (INSERM 1060, INRA 1397, INSA), University of Lyon, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, Chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69600, Oullins, France

Audrey Villard

Affiliation CarMeN Laboratory (INSERM 1060, INRA 1397, INSA), University of Lyon, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, Chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69600, Oullins, France

Viswanathan Mohan

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control & IDF Centre of Education, Gopalapuram, Chennai-600086, India

Muthuswamy Balasubramanyam

diasignal@gmail.com

Affiliation Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control & IDF Centre of Education, Gopalapuram, Chennai-600086, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB. Performed the experiments: PP CS SA BM CSS. Analyzed the data: MB SR VM CG AV PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB VM SR. Wrote the paper: MB SR VM PP. Participated in the presentation of the manuscript: MB SR VM PP CS SA BM CG AV CSS. Reviewed and approved the final content of the manuscript: MB VM SR PP CS SA BM CG AV CSS.