About the Authors

Julian B. Wilson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Thanh D. Hoang

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Endocrinology Division, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Martin L. Lee

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ma’ayan Epstein

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Theodore C. Friedman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

theodorefriedman@cdrewu.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.