About the Authors

Yan Cai

Current address: Laboratory of Liver Diseases, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Shioko Kimura

kimuras@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC SK. Performed the experiments: YC. Analyzed the data: YC SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC SK. Wrote the paper: YC SK.