About the Authors

Wen Guo

wguo@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Siu Wong

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michelle Li

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wentao Liang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Marc Liesa

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carlo Serra
Ravi Jasuja

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrzej Bartke

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America

James L. Kirkland

Affiliation Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Orian Shirihai

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shalender Bhasin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WG SW OS SB. Performed the experiments: WG SW ML WL. Analyzed the data: WG SW ML OS CS RJ JLK AB SB. Wrote the paper: WG SW ML OS JLK AB SB.