About the Authors

Silja Raschke

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany

Manuela Elsen

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany

Hans Gassenhuber

Affiliation R&D Diabetes Division, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany

Mark Sommerfeld

Affiliation R&D Diabetes Division, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany

Uwe Schwahn

Affiliation R&D Diabetes Division, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany

Barbara Brockmann

Affiliation R&D Diabetes Division, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany

Raphael Jung

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany

Ulrik Wisløff

Affiliation K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Arnt E. Tjønna

Affiliation K.G. Jebsen Center of Exercise in Medicine at Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Truls Raastad

Affiliation Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Jostein Hallén

Affiliation Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Frode Norheim

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Christian A. Drevon

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Tania Romacho

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany

Kristin Eckardt

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany

Juergen Eckel

eckel@uni-duesseldorf.de

Affiliation Paul-Langerhans-Group, Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. H. Gassenhuber, M. Sommerfeld, U. Schwahn, and B. Brockmann are affiliated to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, 23 Frankfurt, Germany. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR ME HG MS US UW T. Raastad FN CD T. Romacho KE JE. Performed the experiments: SR ME HG MS RJ AT T. Raastad JH FN T. Romacho KE. Analyzed the data: SR ME HG MS BB UW FN CD T. Romacho KE JE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: US BB AT JH. Wrote the paper: SR HG MS JE.