About the Authors

Andreea Oana Mocanu

Affiliations Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, Metabolic Translational Research Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Anny Mulya

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Hazel Huang

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Olivia Dan

Affiliation Department of Bariatric Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Hideharu Shimizu

Affiliation Department of Bariatric Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Esam Batayyah

Affiliation Department of Bariatric Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Stacy A. Brethauer

Affiliation Department of Bariatric Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Anca Dinischiotu

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

John P. Kirwan

kirwanj@ccf.org

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Metabolic Translational Research Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPK AOM. Performed the experiments: AOM AM HH OD HS EB. Analyzed the data: AOM AM JPK EB. Wrote the paper: AOM AM SAB AD JPK.