About the Authors

Justin H. Berger

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Maureen J. Charron

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

David L. Silver

david.silver@duke-nus.edu.sg

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Signature Research Program in Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHB DLS. Performed the experiments: JHB DLS. Analyzed the data: JHB MJC DLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJC. Wrote the paper: JHB DLS.