About the Authors

Radhika H. Muzumdar

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Institute for Aging Research, Diabetes Research and Training Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Derek M. Huffman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Gil Atzmon

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Christoph Buettner

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Laura J. Cobb

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sigal Fishman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Temuri Budagov

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Lingguang Cui

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Francine H. Einstein

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Aruna Poduval

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Institute for Aging Research, Diabetes Research and Training Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

David Hwang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nir Barzilai

barzilai@aecom.yu.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Pinchas Cohen

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RHM DMH GA CB NB PC. Performed the experiments: RHM DMH GA CB LJC SF TB LC AP DH. Analyzed the data: RHM DMH GA CB LJC FHE AP DH NB PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RHM DMH GA CB SF TB LC AP DH PC. Wrote the paper: RHM DMH GA CB SF FHE NB PC.