About the Authors

Yong Wu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Cheng Zhang

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Yunzhou Dong

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Shuangxi Wang

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Ping Song

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Benoit Viollet

Affiliation Département de Génétique, Développement et Pathologie Moléculaire, Institut Cochin, Université René Descartes Paris 5, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale U567, Centre National de la Recherchè Scientifique UMR8104, Paris, France

Ming-Hui Zou

ming-hui-zou@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW MZ. Performed the experiments: YW CZ YD SW PS. Analyzed the data: YW CZ YD SW PS . Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BV. Wrote the paper: YW MZ.