About the Authors

Hesham Tawfeek

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Brahmchetna Bedi

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jau-Yi Li

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jonathan Adams

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Tatsuya Kobayashi

Affiliation Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

M. Neale Weitzmann

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Henry M. Kronenberg

Affiliation Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Roberto Pacifici

roberto.pacifici@emory.edu

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT MNW HK RP. Performed the experiments: HT BB JYL JA. Analyzed the data: HT BB RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK HK. Wrote the paper: HT MNW RP.