About the Authors

Kirsten M. Hoelmkjaer

k_holmkjaer@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Nicolai J. Wewer Albrechtsen

Affiliation NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jens J. Holst

Affiliation NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Anna M. Cronin

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Dorte H. Nielsen

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen

Affiliation Immuno-endocrinology laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Charlotte R. Bjornvad

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declated that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMH TMP CRB. Performed the experiments: KMH NJWA AMC DHN CRB. Analyzed the data: KMH AMC NJWA TMP CRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DHN NJWA JJH CRB. Wrote the paper: KMH DHN NJWA JJH TMP CRB.