About the Authors

John Virostko

Contributed equally to this work with: John Virostko, Armandla Radhika

jack.virostko@Vanderbilt.edu (JV); Al.Powers@Vanderbilt.edu (AP)

Affiliation Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Armandla Radhika

Contributed equally to this work with: John Virostko, Armandla Radhika

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Greg Poffenberger

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Adrienne N. Dula

Affiliation Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Daniel J. Moore

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Microbiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Alvin C. Powers

jack.virostko@Vanderbilt.edu (JV); Al.Powers@Vanderbilt.edu (AP)

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JV AR GP DJM ACP. Performed the experiments: JV AR GP. Analyzed the data: JV AR GP AD DJM ACP. Wrote the paper: JV DJM ACP.