About the Authors

Padmanabhan Srinivasan

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Edwin C. Thrower

Affiliation Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Gopalakrishnan Loganathan

Affiliation Clinical Islet Cell Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

A. N. Balamurugan

Affiliation Clinical Islet Cell Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Veedamali S. Subramanian

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Fred S. Gorelick

Affiliations Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Hamid M. Said

hmsaid@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS ECT GL ANB VSS FSG HMS. Performed the experiments: PS VSS GL. Analyzed the data: PS ECT GL ANB VSS FSG HMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ANB HMS. Wrote the paper: PS ECT GL ANB VSS FSG HMS.