About the Authors

Eric M. Jacobson

Eric.Jacobson@uc.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Erlinda Concepcion

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Kenneth Ho

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Peter Kopp

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jussara Vono Toniolo

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yaron Tomer

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMJ YT PK JVT. Performed the experiments: EMJ EC KH JVT YT. Analyzed the data: EMJ EC KH YT PK JVT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMJ YT PK JVT. Wrote the paper: EMJ YT.