About the Authors

Chen Zhang

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nagaraju Mulpuri

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Fadil M. Hannan

Affiliation Academic Endocrine Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

M. Andrew Nesbit

Affiliation Academic Endocrine Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Rajesh V. Thakker

Affiliation Academic Endocrine Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Donald Hamelberg

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Edward M. Brown

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jenny J. Yang

chejjy@langate.gsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ DH JJY. Performed the experiments: CZ NM DH. Analyzed the data: DH FMH MAN RVT EMB JJY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FMH MAN RVT. Wrote the paper: CZ EMB JJY DH FMH.