About the Authors

Lori R. Holtz

Affiliation Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Irma K. Bauer

Affiliation Washington University School of Medicine, Departments of Molecular Microbiology and Pathology and Immunology, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Priya Rajendran

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Vellore, India

Gagandeep Kang

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Vellore, India

David Wang

davewang@borcim.wustl.edu

Affiliation Washington University School of Medicine, Departments of Molecular Microbiology and Pathology and Immunology, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DW GK LRH. Performed the experiments: LRH IKB PR. Analyzed the data: LRH IKB DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GK. Wrote the paper: LRH DW.