About the Authors

Liansheng Liu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Qian Li

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Robert Sapolsky

Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Min Liao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States of America

Kshama Mehta

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Aditi Bhargava

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States of America

Pankaj J. Pasricha

Pasricha@stanford.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJP. Performed the experiments: LL QL KM AB ML. Analyzed the data: PJP AB LL QL RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJP AB QL. Wrote the paper: PJP LL QL AB RS.