About the Authors

Neeraj K. Sharma

Affiliation Section on Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Kurt A. Langberg

Affiliation Section on Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Ashis K. Mondal

Affiliation Section on Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Swapan K. Das

sdas@wakehealth.edu

Affiliation Section on Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKD. Performed the experiments: NKS KAL AKM. Analyzed the data: SKD NKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NKS SKD AKM KAL. Wrote the paper: SKD NKS KAL.