About the Authors

Alessandro Marsili

Affiliation Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato

Affiliation Section on Islet Transplantation and Cell Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ting Chen

Affiliation Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Aditi Kumar

Affiliation Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mirra Chung

Affiliation Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elaine P. Lunsford

Affiliation Longwood Small Animal Imaging Facility, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John W. Harney

Affiliation Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thuy Van-Tran

Affiliation Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elena Gianetti

Affiliation Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Waile Ramadan

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cyril Chou

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Susan Bonner-Weir

Affiliation Section on Islet Transplantation and Cell Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Philip Reed Larsen

Affiliation Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jorge Enrique Silva

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ann Marie Zavacki

azavacki@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM SBW PRL JES AMZ. Performed the experiments: AM CAM TC AK MC EPL JWH WR CC AMZ. Analyzed the data: AM CAM EPL EG JES AMZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WR CC. Wrote the paper: AM PRL JES AMZ.