About the Authors

Deng-Fu Guo

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Huxing Cui

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Qihong Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Donald A. Morgan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Daniel R. Thedens

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Darryl Nishimura

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Justin L. Grobe

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Val C. Sheffield

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Kamal Rahmouni

kamal-rahmouni@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DFG KR. Performed the experiments: DFG HC QZ DAM DRT DN JLG. Analyzed the data: DFG HC QZ DAM DRT JLG VCS KR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DN. Wrote the paper: DFG HC VCS KR.