About the Authors

Işin Çakir

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Mario Perello

Current address: Division of Hypothalamic Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Omar Lansari

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Norma J. Messier

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Charles A. Vaslet

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Eduardo A. Nillni

Eduardo_Nillni@brown.edu

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IÇ EAN. Performed the experiments: IÇ MP OL NM CV. Analyzed the data: IÇ MP EAN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAN. Wrote the paper: IÇ EAN.