Schönbacher, Lukas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3066-9683
Walzl, Anna M.
Stern, Christina
Köfeler, Harald C.
Sourij, Harald
Fluhr, Herbert
Jantscher-Krenn, Evelyn https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3568-891X
Ramos-Roman, Maria A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7090-162X
Funding for this research was provided by:
American Diabetes Association (1-14-TS-33)
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (R03-DK-097463)
Austrian Science Fund (https://doi.org/10.55776/KLI784)
Medical University of Graz
Article History
Received: 15 January 2026
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 17 April 2026
Funding
: Open access funding provided by Medical University of Graz. This study was partly supported by grants from the American Diabetes Association (1-14-TS-33) and the National Institutes of Health (R03-DK-097463) (to MRR). This research was funded in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (grant DOI 10.55776/KLI784).
: The data that support the findings of this study are not openly available for reasons of sensitivity but are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: The authors declare that there are no relationships or activities that might bias, or be perceived to bias, their work.
: MRR, EJK and LS were responsible for the conception and design of this study. MRR, EJK, LS, AMW and HCK were responsible for data acquisition and analysis. MRR, EJK, LS, CS, HF and HS contributed to interpretation of the results. LS took the lead in writing the manuscript. All authors provided critical feedback and helped shape the research, analysis and manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript. EJK is responsible for the integrity of the work as a whole.