About the Authors

Brian T. Layden

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Marsha Newman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Fei Chen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Amanda Fisher

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

William L. Lowe Jr.

wlowe@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL WLL. Performed the experiments: BL MN FC AF. Analyzed the data: BL MN FC AF WLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL WLL. Wrote the paper: BL WLL.