About the Authors

Anette P. Gjesing

apri@hagedorn.dk

Affiliation Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark

Thomas Sparsø

Affiliation Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark

Knut Borch-Johnsen

Affiliations Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Torben Jørgensen

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Oluf Pedersen

Affiliations Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Torben Hansen

Affiliations Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Niels V. Olsen

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Neuroanaesthesia, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

K. Borch-Johnsen, T. Hansen and O. Pedersen hold employee shares in Novo Nordisk and have received lecture fees from pharmaceutical companies. All other authors declare that there is no duality of interest associated with this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APG OP TH NVO. Performed the experiments: APG OP TH NVO. Analyzed the data: APG TS TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KBJ TJ OP TH. Wrote the paper: APG. Discussed/revised the design, results and the paper: APG TS KBJ TJ OP TH NVO.