About the Authors

Lauren E. Shipp

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Joyce V. Lee

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Chi-Yi Yu

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Miles Pufall

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Pili Zhang

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Donald K. Scott

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jen-Chywan Wang

walwang@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS CYY MP PZ DS JCW. Performed the experiments: LS JL CYY PZ DS. Analyzed the data: LS JL CYY PZ DS JCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP. Wrote the paper: LS MP JCW.