About the Authors

Juen Guo

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

William Jou

Affiliation Mouse Metabolism Core Laboratory, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Oksana Gavrilova

Affiliation Mouse Metabolism Core Laboratory, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kevin D. Hall

kevinh@niddk.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & 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: JG OG KDH. Performed the experiments: JG OG. Analyzed the data: JG WJ OG KDH. Wrote the paper: JG OG KDH.