About the Authors

Maren Carstensen-Kirberg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

maren.carstensen@ddz.de

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Karin Röhrig

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Corinna Niersmann

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

D. Margriet Ouwens

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Institute for Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Bengt F. Belgardt

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Institute for Beta Cell Biology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Michael Roden

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Christian Herder

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Competing Interests

Christian Herder is Academic Editor with PLoS ONE. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.