About the Authors
- Xi Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Edaire Cheng
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Xiaofang Huo
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Chunhua Yu
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Qiuyang Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Thai H. Pham
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- David H. Wang
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Stuart J. Spechler
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Rhonda F. Souza
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* E-mail: rhonda.souza@utsouthwestern.edu
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, 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: XZ EC SJS RFS. Performed the experiments: XZ EC. Analyzed the data: XZ EC XH CY QZ THP DHW SJS RFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH CY QZ THP DHW. Wrote the paper: XZ EC XH CY QZ THP DHW SJS RFS.