About the Authors

Allison Wanting Xu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Christopher B Kaelin

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Gregory J Morton

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kayoko Ogimoto

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kimber Stanhope

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

James Graham

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Denis G Baskin

Affiliation VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Peter Havel

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Michael W Schwartz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Gregory S Barsh

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gbarsh@cmgm.stanford.edu

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

AWX, MWS, and GSB conceived and designed the experiments. AWX, CBK, GJM, KO, KS, JG, and DGB performed the experiments. AWX, CBK, GJM, and DGB analyzed the data. CBK, PH, and MWS contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. AWX, MWS, and GSB wrote the paper.