About the Authors

Ailing Ji

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Andrea C. Trumbauer

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Victoria P. Noffsinger

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Hayce Jeon

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Avery C. Patrick

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Frederick C. De Beer

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Nancy R. Webb

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Lisa R. Tannock

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs (LRT), Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Preetha Shridas

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

pshri2@uky.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.