About the Authors

Jianbo Na

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Laura Palanker Musselman

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jay Pendse

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Thomas J. Baranski

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Rolf Bodmer

Affiliation Development and Aging Program, NASCR Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Karen Ocorr

kocorr@sanfordburnham.org

Affiliation Development and Aging Program, NASCR Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Ross Cagan

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN TJB RB KO RC. Performed the experiments: JN KO LPM JP. Wrote the paper: JN LPM JP TJB RB RC KO. Analyzed the data: JN LPM JP TJB RB RC KO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN LPM JP TJB RB RC KO.