About the Authors

Marie-Line Peyot

Affiliation Molecular Nutrition Unit and Montreal Diabetes Research Center at the Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Departments of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Joshua P. Gray

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, United States of America

Julien Lamontagne

Affiliation Molecular Nutrition Unit and Montreal Diabetes Research Center at the Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Departments of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Peter J. S. Smith

Affiliation BioCurrents Research Center (NIH:NCRR), Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

George G. Holz

Affiliation State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

S. R. Murthy Madiraju

Affiliation Molecular Nutrition Unit and Montreal Diabetes Research Center at the Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Departments of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Marc Prentki

Contributed equally to this work with: Marc Prentki, Emma Heart

marc.prentki@umontreal.ca

Affiliation Molecular Nutrition Unit and Montreal Diabetes Research Center at the Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Departments of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Emma Heart

Contributed equally to this work with: Marc Prentki, Emma Heart

Affiliation BioCurrents Research Center (NIH:NCRR), Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLP GGH SRMM MP EH. Performed the experiments: MLP JPG JL PJSS EH. Analyzed the data: MLP SRMM MP EH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP EH. Wrote the paper: GGH SRMM MP EH.