About the Authors

Joshua D. Mezrich

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua D. Mezrich, Linh P. Nguyen

Mezrich@surgery.wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Linh P. Nguyen

Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua D. Mezrich, Linh P. Nguyen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Greg Kennedy

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Manabu Nukaya

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

John H. Fechner

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Xiaoji Zhang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Yongna Xing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Christopher A. Bradfield

Affiliation Department of Oncology, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

CAB has served as a scientific consultant to Dow Chemical Co. on issues related to dioxin toxicity. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDM JHF LPN CAB. Performed the experiments: JDM LPN GK MN JHF XZ YX. Analyzed the data: JDM LPN JHF CAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN YX. Wrote the paper: JDM LPN JHF CAB.