About the Authors

Kenneth R. Muir

Contributed equally to this work with: Kenneth R. Muir, Maria João Lima

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Maria João Lima

Contributed equally to this work with: Kenneth R. Muir, Maria João Lima

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Hilary M. Docherty

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Neil W. A. McGowan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Shareen Forbes

Affiliation Endocrinology Unit, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Yves Heremans

Affiliation Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Stuart J. Forbes

Affiliation MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, SCRM Building, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Harry Heimberg

Affiliation Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

John Casey

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kevin Docherty

k.docherty@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KD JC SJF. Performed the experiments: KRM MJL HMD NWAM YH. Analyzed the data: KRM MJL KD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF SJF HH JC. Wrote the paper: KRM MJL KD.