About the Authors
- Christine M. Martin
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Affiliation SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Vadivel Parthsarathy
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Affiliation SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Annie Hasib
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Affiliation SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Ming T. Ng
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Affiliation SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Stephen McClean
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Affiliation SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Peter R. Flatt
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Affiliation SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Victor A. Gault
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Affiliation SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Nigel Irwin
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* E-mail: n.irwin@ulster.ac.uk
Affiliation SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
VAG, PRF and NI hold the following patent (European Patent Application No. 13700347.1 and US Serial No. 14/371878) entitled: ‘Peptides and peptide derivatives based on xenin’ claiming priority from International (PCT) Patent Application No. PCT/GB2013/050069 (WO2013/104929 A1) filed on Jan 14, 2013. The patent applications cover the use of stable xenin analogues for the treatment of metabolic disease including type 2 diabetes and obesity. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VAG SM PRF NI. Performed the experiments: CMM AH MTN VP. Analyzed the data: CMM AH MTN VP SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VAG CMM AH MTN VP SM PRF NI. Wrote the paper: VAG PRF NI.