About the Authors

Lev Becker

levb@uchicago.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ning-Chun Liu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michelle M. Averill

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Wei Yuan

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Nathalie Pamir

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Yufeng Peng

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Angela D. Irwin

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Xiaoyun Fu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Karin E. Bornfeldt

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jay W. Heinecke

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB JWH. Performed the experiments: LB NL NP WY ADI MMA YP. Analyzed the data: LB NL NP WY MMA YP KEB XF JWH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB KEB XF JWH. Wrote the paper: LB JWH.