About the Authors

German Kilimnik

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Billy Zhao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Junghyo Jo

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Vipul Periwal

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Piotr Witkowski

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ryosuke Misawa

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Manami Hara

mhara@midway.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH. Performed the experiments: GK BZ JJ. Analyzed the data: GK BZ JJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PW RM. Wrote the paper: MH JJ VP.