About the Authors

Akio Kuroda

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita-City, Japan

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Tibor A. Rauch

Current address: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Ivan Todorov

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Hsun Teresa Ku

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Ismail H. Al-Abdullah

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Fouad Kandeel

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Yoko Mullen

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Gerd P. Pfeifer

Affiliation Department of Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Kevin Ferreri

kferreri@coh.org

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK TR KF. Performed the experiments: AK IT KF. Analyzed the data: AK IT KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HTK IHAA YM. Wrote the paper: AK HTK FK YM GPP KF.