About the Authors

Nicole A. J. Krentz

Affiliations Diabetes Research Program, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Surgery and Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cuilan Nian

Affiliations Diabetes Research Program, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Surgery and Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Francis C. Lynn

francis.lynn@ubc.ca

Affiliations Diabetes Research Program, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Surgery and Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

Francis Lynn is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board Member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAJK CN FCL. Performed the experiments: NAJK CN FCL. Analyzed the data: NAJK FCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAJK FCL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NAJK FCL.