About the Authors

Masanobu Takahashi

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Laboratory, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Miriam Cuatrecasas

Affiliation Pathology Department, Centro de Diagnóstico Biomédico (CDB), Tumour Bank, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) Biobank Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Francesc Balaguer

Affiliation Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Keun Hur

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Laboratory, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Yuji Toiyama

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Laboratory, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Antoni Castells

Affiliation Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

C. Richard Boland

rickbo@baylorhealth.edu (CRB); ajay.goel@baylorhealth.edu (AG)

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Laboratory, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Ajay Goel

rickbo@baylorhealth.edu (CRB); ajay.goel@baylorhealth.edu (AG)

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Laboratory, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT FB KH YT AG. Performed the experiments: MT MC. Analyzed the data: MT YT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC FB YT. Wrote the paper: MT MC FB AC CRB AG.