About the Authors

Kevin D. Hall

kevinh@niddk.nih.gov (KDH); carsonc@niddk.nih.gov (CCC)

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Juen Guo

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Dore

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Carson C. Chow

kevinh@niddk.nih.gov (KDH); carsonc@niddk.nih.gov (CCC)

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KDH CCC. Performed the experiments: KDH CCC. Analyzed the data: KDH JG MD CCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KDH CCC. Wrote the paper: KDH CCC.