About the Authors

Heidi J. Silver

Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi J. Silver, Kevin D. Niswender

heidi.j.silver@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kevin D. Niswender

Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi J. Silver, Kevin D. Niswender

Affiliations Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville Tennessee, United States of America

Charles D. Keil

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Lan Jiang

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Qiping Feng

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sally Chiu

Affiliation Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America

Ronald M. Krauss

Affiliation Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America

Russell A. Wilke

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJS KDN RAW. Performed the experiments: HJS CDK QF SC. Analyzed the data: HJS CDK QF SC LJ KDN RMK RAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAW. Wrote the paper: HJS CDK QF SC KDN RMK RAW. Administrative and technical support: CDK QF SC LJ.