About the Authors

Jian Xu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Shuangxi Wang

Affiliation Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Benoit Viollet

Affiliations Inserm, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France, Cnrs, UMR 8104 Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Ming-Hui Zou

ming-hui-zou@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences 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: JX MHZ. Performed the experiments: JX SW. Analyzed the data: JX SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BV. Wrote the paper: JX MHZ.