About the Authors

Patricia Bogdanov

Contributed equally to this work with: Patricia Bogdanov, Lidia Corraliza

Affiliations Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

Lidia Corraliza

Contributed equally to this work with: Patricia Bogdanov, Lidia Corraliza

Affiliations Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

Josep A. Villena

Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain, Laboratory of Metabolism and Obesity, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Andrea R. Carvalho

Affiliations Ophthalmologic Research Laboratory. Vall d’Hebron Research Institute. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Red Temática de Investigación en Oftalmolología (OFTARED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

José Garcia-Arumí

Affiliations Ophthalmologic Research Laboratory. Vall d’Hebron Research Institute. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Red Temática de Investigación en Oftalmolología (OFTARED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

David Ramos

Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jesús Ruberte

Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Rafael Simó

Affiliations Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

Cristina Hernández

cristina.hernandez@vhir.org

Affiliations Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they received funds from Novo-Nordisk but this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB LC RS CH. Performed the experiments: PB LC JV AC JG DR JR. Analyzed the data: PB LC JV RS CH DR JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG RS CH JR. Wrote the paper: PB RS CH.