About the Authors

Patricia M. Vuguin

pvuguin@nshs.edu (PV); maureen.charron@einstein.yu.edu (MJC)

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Kirsten Hartil

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Michael Kruse

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Harpreet Kaur

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Chia-Lei Vivian Lin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Ariana Fiallo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Alan Scott Glenn

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Avanee Patel

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Lyda Williams

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Yoshinori Seki

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Ellen B. Katz

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Maureen J. Charron

pvuguin@nshs.edu (PV); maureen.charron@einstein.yu.edu (MJC)

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PV KH MK EBK MJC. Performed the experiments: PV KH MK HK C-LL ASG AF AP LW YS. Analyzed the data: PV KH MK EBK MJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PV KH MK HK C-LL ASG AF AP LW YS MJC. Wrote the paper: PV KH MJC.