About the Authors

Jonathan M. Peterson

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan M. Peterson, Marcus M. Seldin

Current address: Department of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Marcus M. Seldin

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan M. Peterson, Marcus M. Seldin

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stefanie Y. Tan

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

G. William Wong

gwwong@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The corresponding author (GWW, Ph.D.) is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMP GWW. Performed the experiments: JMP MMS SYT GWW. Analyzed the data: JMP MMS SYT GWW. Wrote the paper: JMP MMS GWW.