About the Authors

Sara N. Vallerie

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Masato Furuhashi

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Raquel Fucho

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gökhan S. Hotamisligil

ghotamis@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SNV MF GSH. Performed the experiments: SNV MF RF. Analyzed the data: SNV MF RF GSH. Wrote the paper: SNV GSH.