About the Authors
- Louis Z. Sharp
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Affiliation UCSF Diabetes Center and Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Kosaku Shinoda
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Affiliation UCSF Diabetes Center and Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Haruya Ohno
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Affiliation UCSF Diabetes Center and Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- David W. Scheel
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Affiliation UCSF Diabetes Center and Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Emi Tomoda
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Affiliation UCSF Diabetes Center and Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Lauren Ruiz
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Affiliation UCSF Diabetes Center and Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Houchun Hu
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Larry Wang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Zdena Pavlova
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Vicente Gilsanz
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Shingo Kajimura
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* E-mail: skajimura@diabetes.ucsf.edu
Affiliation UCSF Diabetes Center and Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Regarding the funding from a commercial source (Asubio Pharma Co.), the authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest, including employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products. 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: VG SK. Performed the experiments: LZS KS HO DWS ET LR HH LW ZP SK. Analyzed the data: LZS KS HO HH VG SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH LW ZP VG. Wrote the paper: LZS KS HO SK.