About the Authors

Sebastian J. Padayatty

Contributed equally to this work with: Sebastian J. Padayatty, Andrew Y. Sun

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew Y. Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Sebastian J. Padayatty, Andrew Y. Sun

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Qi Chen

Affiliation Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Michael Graham Espey

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jeanne Drisko

Affiliation Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Mark Levine

MarkL@intra.niddk.nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJP AYS QC MGE JD ML. Performed the experiments: SJP AYS QC MGE JD ML. Analyzed the data: SJP AYS QC MGE JD ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJP AYS QC MGE JD ML. Wrote the paper: SJP AYS QC MGE JD ML.