About the Authors
- Minette Lagman
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Affiliations Graduate College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America
- Judy Ly
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Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America
- Tommy Saing
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Affiliation Graduate College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America
- Manpreet Kaur Singh
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Contributed equally to this work with: Manpreet Kaur Singh, Enrique Vera Tudela
Affiliations Graduate College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America
- Enrique Vera Tudela
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Contributed equally to this work with: Manpreet Kaur Singh, Enrique Vera Tudela
Affiliations Graduate College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America
- Devin Morris
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Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America
- Po-Ting Chi
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Affiliations Graduate College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America
- Cesar Ochoa
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Affiliation Western Diabetes Institute, Pomona, California, United States of America
- Airani Sathananthan
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Affiliation Western Diabetes Institute, Pomona, California, United States of America
- Vishwanath Venketaraman
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* E-mail: vvenketaraman@westernu.edu
Affiliations Graduate College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This research was partially funded by Your Energy Systems. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. None of the authors are affiliated to this company.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VV. Performed the experiments: ML JL TS MS ET PC DM. Analyzed the data: VV ML JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML. Wrote the paper: VV ML. Contributed patient samples: AS CO. Supervised the project: VV.