About the Authors

Ian M. Carroll

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Tamar Ringel-Kulka

Affiliation Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jennica P. Siddle

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Todd R. Klaenhammer

Affiliation Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Yehuda Ringel

ringel@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IC TR JPS TRK YR. Performed the experiments: IC JPS. Analyzed the data: IC TR YR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IC. Wrote the paper: IC TR YR.