About the Authors

Jeffrey C. Xing

mxing1@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ralph P. Tufano

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Avaniyapuram Kannan Murugan

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Dingxie Liu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Gary Wand

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Paul W. Ladenson

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mingzhao Xing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Barry Trink

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MX. Performed the experiments: JCX AKM DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RPT GW MX. Wrote the paper: JCX PWL MX BT. Guided and supervised the research: MX BT.