About the Authors

Luis F. Menezes

Affiliation National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Fang Zhou

Affiliation National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew D. Patterson

Affiliation Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Klaus B. Piontek

Affiliation The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kristopher W. Krausz

Affiliation Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Frank J. Gonzalez

Affiliation Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gregory G. Germino

germinogg@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LFM GGG. Performed the experiments: LFM FZ ADP KWK. Analyzed the data: LFM ADP FJG GGG. Wrote the paper: LFM GGG. Contributed to the design of preliminary studies: KBP.