About the Authors

Naomi G. Iwata

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Matilda Pham

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Norma O. Rizzo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Andrew M. Cheng

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ezekiel Maloney

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Francis Kim

fkim@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NGI MP NOR AMC EM FK. Performed the experiments: NGI MP NOR AMC EM. Analyzed the data: NGI MP NOR AMC EM FK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMC FK. Wrote the paper: NGI FK.