About the Authors

Vitaly A. Selivanov

Affiliations Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Institut de Biomedicina at Universitat de Barcelona IBUB and IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERES; Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, A.N.Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Tatyana V. Votyakova

tav2@pitt.edu (TVV); martacascante@ub.edu (MC)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Diabetes Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer A. Zeak

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Diabetes Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Massimo Trucco

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Diabetes Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Josep Roca

Affiliation Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERES; Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Marta Cascante

tav2@pitt.edu (TVV); martacascante@ub.edu (MC)

Affiliation Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Institut de Biomedicina at Universitat de Barcelona IBUB and IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: TVV JAZ. Analyzed the data: VAS MT JR MC. Wrote the paper: VAS TVV MC.