About the Authors

Brian D. Fink

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Yunxia O'Malley

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Brian L. Dake

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Nicolette C. Ross

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Thomas E. Prisinzano

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

William I. Sivitz

william-sivitz@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BDF TEP WS. Performed the experiments: BDF YO BLD NCR TEP WS. Analyzed the data: BDF WS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TEP WS. Wrote the paper: TEP WS.