About the Authors

Charles A. O'Brien

caobrien@uams.edu (CO); tbellido@iupui.edu (TB)

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Lilian I. Plotkin

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Carlo Galli

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Joseph J. Goellner

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Arancha R. Gortazar

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Matthew R. Allen

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Alexander G. Robling

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mary Bouxsein

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ernestina Schipani

Affiliation Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Charles H. Turner

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Robert L. Jilka

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Robert S. Weinstein

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Stavros C. Manolagas

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Teresita Bellido

caobrien@uams.edu (CO); tbellido@iupui.edu (TB)

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAO TB. Performed the experiments: CAO LIP CG ARG MRA AR MLB ES RSW. Analyzed the data: CAO LIP CG RLJ RSW SCM TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAO JJG AR CT TB. Wrote the paper: CAO TB.