About the Authors

Sima Rahman

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Piotr J. Czernik

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Yalin Lu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Beata Lecka-Czernik

beata.leckaczernik@utoledo.edu

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR PC BLC. Performed the experiments: SR PC YL BLC. Analyzed the data: SR PC BLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR PC BLC. Wrote the paper: SR PC BLC.