About the Authors

Yunping Lei

Affiliation Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Department of Nutritional Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Huiping Zhu

Affiliation Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Department of Nutritional Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Cody Duhon

Affiliation Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Department of Nutritional Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Wei Yang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

M. Elizabeth Ross

Affiliation Center for Neurogenetics, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Gary M. Shaw

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Richard H. Finnell

rfinnell@austin.utexas.edu

Affiliations Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Department of Nutritional Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL HZ MER GMS RHF. Performed the experiments: YL CD. Analyzed the data: YL WY HZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ RHF. Wrote the manuscript: YL HZ.