About the Authors

Daniel Cuevas-Ramos

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico

Paloma Almeda-Valdés

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico

Clara Elena Meza-Arana

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico

Griselda Brito-Córdova

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico

Francisco J. Gómez-Pérez

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico

Roopa Mehta

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico

Jorge Oseguera-Moguel

Affiliation Deparment of Cardiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico

Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas

caguilarsalinas@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCR PAV CAAS. Performed the experiments: PAV CEMA GBC JOM. Analyzed the data: DCR RM CAAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCR PAV FJGP CAAS. Wrote the paper: DCR RM CAAS.