About the Authors

Cherlyn Ding

Affiliation Obesity Biology Research Unit, Department of Obesity and Endocrinology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

John P. H. Wilding

Affiliation Obesity Biology Research Unit, Department of Obesity and Endocrinology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Chen Bing

bing@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Obesity Biology Research Unit, Department of Obesity and Endocrinology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB JPHW CD. Performed the experiments: CD. Analyzed the data: CD CB. Wrote the paper: CB CD JPHW.