About the Authors

Giorgos K. Sakkas

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of Endocrinology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece

Kathleen Mulligan

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of Endocrinology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Makani DaSilva

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Julie W. Doyle

Affiliation Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Hootan Khatami

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Thomas Schleich

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Jane A. Kent-Braun

Affiliation Department of Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Morris Schambelan

morrie@sfghgcrc.ucsf.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of Endocrinology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GKS KM JAKB MS. Performed the experiments: KM MD JWD HK TS MS. Analyzed the data: GKS KM MD JWD HK TS JAKB MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GKS TS JAKB MS. Wrote the paper: GKS KM MD JWD HK TS JAKB MS.