About the Authors

Hataikarn Nimitphong

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael F. Holick

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Susan K. Fried

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mi-Jeong Lee

mijlee@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HN MH SF ML. Performed the experiments: HN ML. Analyzed the data: HN SF ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH SF. Wrote the paper: HN MH SF ML.