About the Authors

Sophie A. Fillon

Contributed equally to this work with: Sophie A. Fillon, J. Kirk Harris

sophie.fillon@ucdenver.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

J. Kirk Harris

Contributed equally to this work with: Sophie A. Fillon, J. Kirk Harris

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Brandie D. Wagner

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Caleb J. Kelly

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Mark J. Stevens

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Wendy Moore

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Rui Fang

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Shauna Schroeder

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Joanne C. Masterson

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Charles E. Robertson

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Norman R. Pace

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Steven J. Ackerman

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Glenn T. Furuta

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAF JKH SJA GTF. Performed the experiments: SAF JKH CJK SS JCM MJS. Analyzed the data: CER BDW RF SAF JKH WM SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJA GTF CER BDW RF NRP JKH SAF CJK SS JCM MJS WM. Wrote the paper: SAF JKH GTF. Designed software used in analysis: CER BDW RF NRP.