Acknowledgements
Author contributions . I.C., J.F., A.F., and C.D.D. designed and
performed the experiments, analyzed data, and contributed to write the
paper. L.P. and P.M. designed the study, supervised the work, analyzed
data, and wrote the paper. P.M. is the guarantor of this work and, as
such, had full access to all the data in the study and takes
responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the
data analysis.
Data availability statement. The data that support the findings
of this study are available from the corresponding author upon
reasonable request.
Funding/financial support . This study was supported by the
EFSD/JDRF/Lilly European Program in Type 1 Diabetes Research, and by
grants from Fondazione Italiana Diabete (FID), and the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation JDRF (2-SRA-2021-1002-S-B)