About the Authors

Pei-Ying Hong

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Jennifer A. Croix

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Eugene Greenberg

Affiliation Institute for Digestive Health, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

H. Rex Gaskins

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Roderick I. Mackie

r-mackie@illinois.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: P-YH EG HG RM. Performed the experiments: P-YH JC. Analyzed the data: P-YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HG RM. Wrote the paper: P-YH HG RM.