About the Authors

Caixia Li

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Helmy M. Siragy

hms7a@virginia.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMS. Performed the experiments: CL. Analyzed the data: CL HMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMS CL. Wrote the paper: CL HMS.