About the Authors

Dong Xi

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nilay Gandhi

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Meizan Lai

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bassil M. Kublaoui

kublaouib@email.chop.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BK DX. Performed the experiments: DX NG ML. Analyzed the data: DX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DX NG ML. Wrote the paper: BK.