About the Authors

Laura W. Bowers

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Megan Wiese

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Andrew J. Brenner

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Emily L. Rossi

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Rajeshwar R. Tekmal

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Stephen D. Hursting

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Linda A. deGraffenried

degraffenried@austin.utexas.edu

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB AB RT SH LD. Performed the experiments: LB MW ER. Analyzed the data: LB MW ER. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB RT SH LD. Wrote the paper: LB MW ER LD.