About the Authors

Sabina A. Mir

Affiliation Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Department of Agriculture/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dorottya Nagy-Szakal

Affiliation Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Department of Agriculture/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Scot E. Dowd

Affiliation DNA (Molecular Research), Shallowater, Texas, United States of America

Reka G. Szigeti

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

C. Wayne Smith

Affiliation Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Agriculture/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard Kellermayer

kellerma@bcm.edu

Affiliation Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Department of Agriculture/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Scot Dowd is an employee of MR DNA (Molecular Research). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK. Performed the experiments: SAM DNS RK. Analyzed the data: SAM DNS SED RGS RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAM DNS SED RGS CWS RK. Wrote the manuscript: SAM RK.