About the Authors

Stephanie S. Tseng-Rogenski

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Heekyung Chung

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Maike B. Wilk

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Shuai Zhang

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Moriya Iwaizumi

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

John M. Carethers

jcarethe@umich.edu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: STR HC JMC. Performed the experiments: STR HC MBW SZ MI. Analyzed the data: STR HC JMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMC. Wrote the paper: STR HC JMC.