About the Authors

Shengli Ding

shengli_ding@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kristen L. W. Walton

Affiliation Department of Biology, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Missouri, United States of America

Randall Eric Blue

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kirk MacNaughton

Affiliation Histology Core Facility, Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Scott T. Magness

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Pauline Kay Lund

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD KW PKL. Performed the experiments: SD KW REB KM. Analyzed the data: SD KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD KW REB KM SM. Wrote the paper: SD KW PKL.