About the Authors

Samir Softic

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Michelle Kirby

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Nicholas G. Berger

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Noah F. Shroyer

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Stephen C. Woods

Affiliation Metabolic Diseases Institute, Obesity Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Rohit Kohli

rohit.kohli@cchmc.org

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK MK NFS SCW SS. Performed the experiments: MK NGB SS. Analyzed the data: RK MK SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK NFS. Wrote the paper: RK MK SS NGB SCW NFS.