About the Authors
- Pooneh Mokarram
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology Research Center, Shiraz, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Krishan Kumar
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Hassan Brim
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Fakhraddin Naghibalhossaini
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology Research Center, Shiraz, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Mehdi Saberi-firoozi
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology Research Center, Shiraz, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Mehdi Nouraie
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Robert Green
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Ed Lee
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Duane T. Smoot
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Hassan Ashktorab
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* E-mail: hashktorab@howard.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Performed the experiments: PM KK HB. Analyzed the data: MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FN MSf RG ELL DTS. Wrote the paper: HA.