About the Authors

Effie Tozzo

Current Address: Department of Translational Biology, Mitobridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Gowri Bhat

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biomarkers, Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Kyeongmi Cheon

Affiliation Department of Biometrics Research, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Raul C. Camacho

rcamac10@its.jnj.com

Current Address: Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolism, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors are current or former employees of Merck. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ET RC. Performed the experiments: GB RC ET. Analyzed the data: KC RC ET GB. Wrote the paper: RC.