About the Authors

Christopher B. Forsyth

christopher_b_forsyth@rush.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Kathleen M. Shannon

Affiliation Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jeffrey H. Kordower

Affiliation Center for Brain Repair, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robin M. Voigt

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Maliha Shaikh

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jean A. Jaglin

Affiliation Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jacob D. Estes

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Hemraj B. Dodiya

Affiliation Center for Brain Repair, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ali Keshavarzian

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK JK MS. Performed the experiments: CF MS JJ HD JE. Analyzed the data: AK JK KS RV CF MS JE HD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK JK KS RV CF MS JE HD JJ. Wrote the paper: CF AK JK KS RV.