About the Authors

Wen Guo

wguo@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yahui Li

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wentao Liang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Siu Wong

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Caroline Apovian

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

James L. Kirkland

Affiliation Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Barbara E. Corkey

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WG BEC. Performed the experiments: WG YL WL SW. Analyzed the data: WG YL CA JLK BEC. Wrote the paper: WG YL BEC.