About the Authors

Katrin Pfuhlmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Katrin Pfuhlmann, Paul T. Pfluger

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Unit NeuroBiology of Diabetes, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany, Division of Metabolic Diseases, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Paul T. Pfluger

Contributed equally to this work with: Katrin Pfuhlmann, Paul T. Pfluger

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Unit NeuroBiology of Diabetes, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany

Sonja C. Schriever

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliations Research Unit NeuroBiology of Diabetes, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany

Timo D. Müller

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany

Matthias H. Tschöp

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliations Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany, Division of Metabolic Diseases, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Kerstin Stemmer

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kerstin.stemmer@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliations Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany

Competing Interests

Prof. Tschöp declares competing interests as scientific advisor to Novo Nordisk, ERX and Bionorica. However, this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.