About the Authors

Lindsay A. Pickett

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Yourshaw

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Valeria Albornoz

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Zijun Chen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

R. Sergio Solorzano-Vargas

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stanley F. Nelson

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles California, United States of America

Martín G. Martín

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Iris Lindberg

ilind001@umaryland.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY MGM IL. Performed the experiments: LAP MY VA ZC RSS. Analyzed the data: LAP VA MY ZC RSS SN MGM IL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGM IL. Wrote the paper: LAP MY MGM IL.