About the Authors
- Jean Huang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jean Huang, Horng-Yih Ou, James Lin
Affiliation Department of Clinical Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America; Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
- Horng-Yih Ou
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jean Huang, Horng-Yih Ou, James Lin
Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- James Lin
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jean Huang, Horng-Yih Ou, James Lin
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Rudruidee Karnchanasorn
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
- Wei Feng
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America; Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
- Raynald Samoa
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America; Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
- Lee-Ming Chuang
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¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Ken C. Chiu
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* E-mail: kchiu@coh.org
¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.
Affiliation Department of Clinical Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America; Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KCC LMC. Performed the experiments: JH HYO JL RS WF. Analyzed the data: KCC LMC JH HYO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KCC RS WF. Wrote the paper: KCC JH HYO JL. Obtained data under the direction of KCC and LMC: JH HYO RK RS WF. Reviewed data: KCC LMC JH HYO JL. Interpreted data: KCC LMC JH HYO JL RK RS WF. Revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: JH HYO JL RK WF RS LMC KCC. Provided administrative, technical, and material support: KCC RS WF.