About the Authors

Deborah A. Striegel

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Manami Hara

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Vipul Periwal

vipulp@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VP DAS. Performed the experiments: DAS. Analyzed the data: DAS VP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH. Wrote the paper: DAS VP.