About the Authors

Giovanni Cizza

cizzag@intra.niddk.nih.gov

Affiliation Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Paolo Piaggi

Affiliation Obesity Research Center, Endocrinology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Eliane A. Lucassen

Affiliations Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Lab for Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Lilian de Jonge

Affiliation Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mary Walter

Affiliation Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Megan S. Mattingly

Affiliation Section on Neuroendocrinology of Obesity, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Heather Kalish

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering and Physical Science Shared Resource, National Institute of Biomedical and Bioengineering, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gyorgy Csako

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kristina I. Rother

Affiliation Section on Pediatric Diabetes and Metabolism, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: G. Cizza HK G. Csako KIR. Performed the experiments: MSM HK G. Cizza MW. Analyzed the data: PP LdJ EL. Wrote the paper: PP LdJ AP FS G. Cizza G. Csako KIR EL.