About the Authors

Puya G. Yazdi

Contributed equally to this work with: Puya G. Yazdi, Brian A. Pedersen

Current Address: Systomic Health LLC, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliations UC Irvine Diabetes Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Brian A. Pedersen

Contributed equally to this work with: Puya G. Yazdi, Brian A. Pedersen

Affiliations UC Irvine Diabetes Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Jared F. Taylor

Affiliations UC Irvine Diabetes Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Omar S. Khattab

Affiliations UC Irvine Diabetes Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Yu-Han Chen

Affiliations UC Irvine Diabetes Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Yumay Chen

Affiliations UC Irvine Diabetes Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Steven E. Jacobsen

Affiliations Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ping H. Wang

phwang@uci.edu

Affiliations UC Irvine Diabetes Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PGY BAP. Performed the experiments: PGY BAP YHC OSK. Analyzed the data: PGY BAP JFT SEJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGY BAP JFT OSK YHC YC PHW. Wrote the paper: PGY BAP JFT OSK PHW.