About the Authors

Sanjay Kansra

skansra@mcw.edu

Affiliations Department of Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Shenglin Chen

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Madhavi Latha Yadav Bangaru

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Leighton Sneade

Affiliation Department of Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Joseph A. Dunckley

Affiliation Department of Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Nira Ben-Jonathan

Affiliation Department of Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK NBJ. Performed the experiments: SC MLYB LS JAD. Analyzed the data: SK NBJ. Wrote the paper: SK. Reviewed the manuscript: NBJ.