About the Authors

Albert Lecube

alecube@vhebron.net

Affiliation CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca i Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (VHIR), Endocrinology Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Juan Antonio Baena-Fustegueras

Affiliation Endocrinology Surgery Unit, General Surgery Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

José Manuel Fort

Affiliation Endocrinology Surgery Unit, General Surgery Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Dolors Pelegrí

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Cristina Hernández

Affiliation CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca i Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (VHIR), Endocrinology Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Rafael Simó

Affiliation CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca i Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (VHIR), Endocrinology Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL CH RS. Performed the experiments: JAB JMF DP. Analyzed the data: AL CH RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP. Wrote the paper: AL CH RS. Critically revised the manuscript: AL JAB JMF DP CH RS.