Acknowledgements
Some of the data from this work were presented as an abstract at the 58th EASD Annual Meeting in 2022. The authors would like to thank G. Kennedy and L. McFarlane (Biomarker Core Laboratory, University of Dundee, UK) for their assistance with sample analysis. The authors would also like to thank the clinical research nurses H. Loftus, L. Cabrelli and G. Wilkie (Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK) for their assistance in conducting the experiments.