About the Authors

Hanyu Liang

Affiliations Department of Medicine-Diabetes Division, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Sophie E. Hussey

Affiliations Department of Medicine-Diabetes Division, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Alicia Sanchez-Avila

Affiliation Department of Medicine-Diabetes Division, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Puntip Tantiwong

Affiliations Department of Medicine-Diabetes Division, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Nicolas Musi

musi@uthscsa.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine-Diabetes Division, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL PT NM. Performed the experiments: HL AS PT NM. Analyzed the data: HL PT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL SEH AS PT NM. Wrote the paper: HL SEH NM.