About the Authors
- Kazuhisa Watanabe
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Affiliation Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Elizabeth Watson
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Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth Watson, Maria Laura Cremona
Affiliation Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Maria Laura Cremona
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Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth Watson, Maria Laura Cremona
Affiliation Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Elizabeth J. Millings
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Affiliation Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Jay H. Lefkowitch
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Stuart G. Fischer
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Affiliation Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Charles A. LeDuc
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Affiliation Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Rudolph L. Leibel
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* E-mail: rl232@columbia.edu
Affiliation Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The work described in this submission is related to U.S. Nonprovisional Utility Patent Application 12/747,866 (filed June 6, 2010) “Methods for Identifying Compounds that Modulate LISCH-like Protein or C1ORF32 Protein Activity and Methods of Use”. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KW EW MLC CAL. Performed the experiments: KW EW MLC CAL. Analyzed the data: SGF CAL RLL. Wrote the paper: SGF RLL. Assisted with experiments and in drafting of manuscript: EM. Imaged and analyzed liver histology: JHL. Organized the data and designed the presentation: SGF. Oversaw the design and execution of experiments: RLL.