About the Authors

Emily Riehm Meier

Affiliations Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Colleen Byrnes

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Y. Terry Lee

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Elizabeth C. Wright

Affiliation Office of the Director, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alan N. Schechter

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Naomi L. C. Luban

Affiliations Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Jeffery L. Miller

jm7f@nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERM JLM. Performed the experiments: ERM CB YTL. Analyzed the data: ERM CB YTL ECW JLM. Wrote the paper: ERM ANS NLCL JLM.