About the Authors

Laura L. Gathercole

Affiliation Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Research, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Stuart A. Morgan

Affiliation Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Research, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Iwona J. Bujalska

Affiliation Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Research, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

David Hauton

Affiliation Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Research, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Paul M. Stewart

Affiliation Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Research, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jeremy W. Tomlinson

J.W.Tomlinson@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Institute of Biomedical Research, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LLG SAM DH PMS JWT. Performed the experiments: LLG SAM. Analyzed the data: LLG JWT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IJB. Wrote the paper: LLG JWT.