About the Authors

Regan Roat

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vandana Rao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nicolai M. Doliba

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Franz M. Matschinsky

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

John W. Tobias

Affiliation Bioinformatics Group, Penn Molecular Profiling Facility, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Eden Garcia

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Rexford S. Ahima

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yumi Imai

imaiy@evms.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RA YI. Performed the experiments: RR VR ND EG YI. Analyzed the data: RR ND FM JT RA YI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM JT RA YI. Wrote the paper: ND FM JT RA YI.