About the Authors

Kavitha Thudi

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Dhiraj Yadav

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kaitlyn Sweeney

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jaideep Behari

beharij@upmc.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT DY JB. Performed the experiments: KT KS. Analyzed the data: KT DY JB. Wrote the paper: KT DY JB.