About the Authors

Ian C. Mitchell

Affiliation Division of Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Timothy S. Brown

Affiliation Division of Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Lance S. Terada

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

James F. Amatruda

james.amatruda@UTSouthwestern.edu (JFA); fiemu.nwariaku@UTSouthwestern.edu (FEN)

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular Biology and Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Fiemu E. Nwariaku

james.amatruda@UTSouthwestern.edu (JFA); fiemu.nwariaku@UTSouthwestern.edu (FEN)

Affiliation Division of Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern 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: ICM JA FN. Performed the experiments: ICM TB. Analyzed the data: ICM TB LT JA FN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA FN. Wrote the paper: ICM. Edited paper: FN, JA.