About the Authors

William E. Kraus

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Deborah M. Muoio

Affiliations Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Robert Stevens

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Damian Craig

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

James R. Bain

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Elizabeth Grass

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Carol Haynes

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lydia Kwee

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Xuejun Qin

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Dorothy H. Slentz

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Deidre Krupp

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael Muehlbauer

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Elizabeth R. Hauser

Affiliations Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Simon G. Gregory

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher B. Newgard

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Svati H. Shah

svati.shah@duke.edu

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SHS, CBN, ERH and WEK are named on a patent owned by Duke University for related findings.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WEK SHS SGG ERH CBN RS JRB DMM. Performed the experiments: JRB RS MM DK EG DHS DMM. Analyzed the data: CH DC SHS LK XQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMM CBN JRB. Wrote the paper: CBN WEK SHS SGG ERH DMM EG.