About the Authors

Elena V. Shabrova

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Food Science Department and Rutgers Center for Lipid Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Olga Tarnopolsky

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Ajay P. Singh

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Jorge Plutzky

Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicholi Vorsa

quadro@aesop.rutgers.edu (LQ); vorsa@aesop.rutgers.edu (NV)

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, PE Marucci Center, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Chatsworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Loredana Quadro

quadro@aesop.rutgers.edu (LQ); vorsa@aesop.rutgers.edu (NV)

Affiliation Food Science Department and Rutgers Center for Lipid Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LQ EVS. Performed the experiments: EVS OT. Analyzed the data: EVS LQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS NV. Wrote the paper: ES LQ NV. Provided insight into the analysis and interpretation of the results and critical comments on the manuscript: JP.