About the Authors

Shvetank Sharma

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jamie E. Mells

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ping P. Fu

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Neeraj K. Saxena

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Frank A. Anania

fanania@emory.edu

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAA NKS SS. Performed the experiments: SS JUM PPF. Analyzed the data: FAA SS NKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FAA SS NKS. Wrote the paper: FAA SS.