About the Authors
- Hai Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hai Zhang, Chenguang Wu
Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Diabetes Research Center, Institute of Aging, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Chenguang Wu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hai Zhang, Chenguang Wu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Endocrine Division, the Affiliated People’s Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jiangsu Province, Zhenjiang, P. R. China
- Qiaofen Chen
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Endocrine Division, the Affiliated People’s Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jiangsu Province, Zhenjiang, P. R. China
- Xiaoluo Chen
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Endocrine Division, the Affiliated People’s Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jiangsu Province, Zhenjiang, P. R. China
- Zhigang Xu
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Endocrine Division, the Affiliated People’s Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jiangsu Province, Zhenjiang, P. R. China
- Jing Wu
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Endocrine Division, the Affiliated People’s Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jiangsu Province, Zhenjiang, P. R. China
- Dongsheng Cai
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* E-mail: dongsheng.cai@einstein.yu.edu
Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Diabetes Research Center, Institute of Aging, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: Some findings in this work have been submitted for US Provisional Patent #61/694,487. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DC. Performed the experiments: HZ CW QC XC ZX JW. Analyzed the data: HZ DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC. Wrote the paper: DC.