About the Authors

Eijiro Yamada

Affiliations Diabetes Research and Training Center, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan

Claire C. Bastie

claire.bastie@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliations Diabetes Research and Training Center, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Division Metabolic and Vascular Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCB EY. Performed the experiments: CCB EY. Analyzed the data: CCB EY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCB. Wrote the paper: CCB.