About the Authors

Tianlu Chen

Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Xiaojiao Zheng

Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Xiaojing Ma

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai, China

Yuqian Bao

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai, China

Yan Ni

Affiliation University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, United States of America

Cheng Hu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai, China

Cynthia Rajani

Affiliation University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, United States of America

Fengjie Huang

Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Aihua Zhao

Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Weiping Jia

wjia@cc.hawaii.edu (WJ); wpjia@sjtu.edu.cn (WPJ)

Affiliations Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai, China

Wei Jia

wjia@cc.hawaii.edu (WJ); wpjia@sjtu.edu.cn (WPJ)

Affiliations Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJ WPJ. Performed the experiments: AZ FH XM YB CH. Analyzed the data: TC XZ YN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AZ FH. Wrote the paper: TC WJ XZ CR. Involved in paper writing and revision: AZ FH XM YB CH TC XZ YN CR WJ WPJ.