title: Response to comment on Liu et al. Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults with low-titer GAD antibodies: similar disease progression with type 2 diabetes: a nationwide, multicenter prospective study (LADA China Study 3). Diabetes Care 2015;38:16-21.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital and the Diabetes Center, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Central South University, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital and the Diabetes Center, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Central South University, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Lingjiao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital and the Diabetes Center, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Central South University, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Yufei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital and the Diabetes Center, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Central South University, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Gan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Blizard Institute, London, U.K.
authors.forename: R David
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Leslie
authors.affiliation: Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital and the Diabetes Center, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Central South University, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China zhouzg@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Zhiguang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies