About the Authors

Weijuan Shao

Contributed equally to this work with: Weijuan Shao, Zhiwen Yu

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Zhiwen Yu

Contributed equally to this work with: Weijuan Shao, Zhiwen Yu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Public Health Institute, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Yuting Chiang

Affiliations Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Yi Yang

Current address: Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, People's Republic of China

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Tuanyao Chai

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Warren Foltz

Affiliation Radiation Medicine Program, The STTARR Innovation Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Huogen Lu

Affiliations Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

I. George Fantus

Affiliations Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Tianru Jin

tianru.jin@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: WS ZY YC YY TC WF. Directed and planned research: IGF TJ. Generated data, discussion and manuscript writing: WS ZY TC. Provided research data: YC YY WF. Did rat mature adipocytes preparation: HL. Contributed to manuscript writing: WS ZY IGF TJ.