About the Authors

Lauren K. Dunn

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Khalid S. Mohammad

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Pierrick G. J. Fournier

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

C. Ryan McKenna

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Holly W. Davis

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Maria Niewolna

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Xiang Hong Peng

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

John M. Chirgwin

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Theresa A. Guise

tguise@iupui.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LKD KM PGJF JMC TG. Performed the experiments: LKD KM PGJF CRM HD MN XHP TG. Analyzed the data: LKD KM PGJF TG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LKD PGJF JMC TG. Wrote the paper: LKD KM PGJF JMC TG.