About the Authors

Darleen Sandoval

darleen.sandoval@uc.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jason G. Barrera

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Margaret A. Stefater

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Stephanie Sisley

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Stephen C. Woods

Affiliation Department of Pyschiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

David D. D’Alessio

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Randy J. Seeley

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and we have the following conflicts: Drs. Sandoval, Seeley, Woods, and D’Alessio receive funding from Ethicon Endo-Surgeries. Dr. Seeley currently has stock/stock options with Zafgen and consults for Zafgen, Eli Lilly and Ethicon Endo-Surgeries. Dr. Sandoval has received grant support from Roche, Mannkind, and Ethicon Endosurgery. Dr. D’Alessio has grant funding from Mannkind. The remaining authors disclose no conflicts. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. None of the above research funding was used to support this study.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS JGB MAS RJS. Performed the experiments: DS JGB MAS SS. Analyzed the data: DS JGB MAS SS DD SCW RJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DD SCW RJS. Wrote the paper: DS MAS SS DD SCW RJS.