About the Authors

Jingbo Pang

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Davina H. Rhodes

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Maria Pini

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rand T. Akasheh

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Karla J. Castellanos

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert J. Cabay

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Dianne Cooper

Affiliation The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Mauro Perretti

Affiliation The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Giamila Fantuzzi

giamila@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GF DHR JP. Performed the experiments: GF DHR JP MP KJC RTA RJC. Analyzed the data: GF DHR JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF DC MP. Wrote the paper: GF JP MP.