About the Authors
- Fei Wu
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Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Lili Guo
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Affiliation Section of Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Aniela Jakubowski
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Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Lihe Su
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Current address: AB Biosciences, Allston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Wan-Chun Li
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Current address: Department of Dentistry and Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Affiliation Section of Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Susan Bonner-Weir
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Contributed equally to this work with: Susan Bonner-Weir, Linda C. Burkly
Affiliation Section of Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Linda C. Burkly
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Contributed equally to this work with: Susan Bonner-Weir, Linda C. Burkly
* E-mail: linda.burkly@biogenidec.com
Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
F.W., A.J. and L.S. are former employees of Biogen Idec, and L.C.B. is currently an employee and stockholder in Biogen Idec. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all of the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FW SB LCB. Performed the experiments: FW LG WL AJ. Analyzed the data: FW LG WL AJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS. Wrote the paper: FW SB LCB.