About the Authors

Yutao Yan

yyan2@emory.edu

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Vasantha Kolachala

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Guillaume Dalmasso

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hang Nguyen

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hamed Laroui

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shanthi V. Sitaraman

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Didier Merlin

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY SVS DM. Performed the experiments: YY VLK GD. Analyzed the data: YY VLK HTTN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY VLK GD HTTN. Wrote the paper: YY SVS DM. Proofread the manuscript: HL.