About the Authors

Gilaad G. Kaplan

Contributed equally to this work with: Gilaad G. Kaplan, Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Departments of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz

Contributed equally to this work with: Gilaad G. Kaplan, Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz

mietek.szyszkowicz@hc-sc.gc.ca

Affiliation Environmental Health Sciences and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jakub Fichna

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Brian H. Rowe

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Eugeniusz Porada

Affiliation Environmental Health Sciences and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Renaud Vincent

Affiliation Environmental Health Sciences and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Karen Madsen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Subrata Ghosh

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Departments of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Martin Storr

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Departments of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medicine, Ludwigs-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Szyszkowicz GGK M. Storr BR. Performed the experiments: M. Szyszkowicz GGK JF EP M. Storr. Analyzed the data: M. Szyszkowicz GGK JF EP M. Storr. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RV. Wrote the paper: M. Szyszkowicz GGK M. Storr KM SG BR RV.