About the Authors

Lauren M. Sparks

Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren M. Sparks, Cedric Moro

Current address: Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Affiliation Molecular and Experimental Endocrinology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Cedric Moro

Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren M. Sparks, Cedric Moro

Current address: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale 1048, Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

Affiliation Molecular and Experimental Endocrinology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Barbara Ukropcova

Affiliation Diabetes Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Sudip Bajpeyi

Affiliation Molecular and Experimental Endocrinology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Anthony E. Civitarese

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Physiology, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Matthew W. Hulver

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

G. Hege Thoresen

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Arild C. Rustan

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Steven R. Smith

steven.r.smith.md@flhosp.org

Current address: Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, Lake Nona, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Molecular and Experimental Endocrinology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMS CM BU SB AEC MWH GHT ACR SRS. Performed the experiments: LMS CM. Analyzed the data: LMS CM BU SB AEC MWH GHT ACR SRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMS CM BU SB AEC MWH GHT ACR SRS. Wrote the paper: LMS CM BU SB AEC MWH GHT ACR SRS.