About the Authors

Kamrul M. Hasan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

kamrulhasan@cdrewu.edu (KMH); amiyasinhahikim@cdrewu.edu (APSH)

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Theodore C. Friedman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Meher Parveen

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Jorge Espinoza-Derout

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Francisco Bautista

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Mohammad M. Razipour

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Xuesi M. Shao

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Maria C. Jordan

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Kenneth P. Roos

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Sushil K. Mahata

Roles Investigation

Affiliation VA San Diego Health Care System and University of California, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Amiya P. Sinha-Hikim

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

kamrulhasan@cdrewu.edu (KMH); amiyasinhahikim@cdrewu.edu (APSH)

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.