About the Authors

Nicholas Lahar

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nan Ye Lei

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Bioengineering, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jiafang Wang

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ziyad Jabaji

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stephaine C. Tung

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Vaidehi Joshi

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Bioengineering, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael Lewis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Matthias Stelzner

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Martín G. Martín

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

James C. Y. Dunn

jdunn@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Bioengineering, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS MGM JCYD. Performed the experiments: NL NYL JW ZJ SCT VJ. Analyzed the data: NL NYL JW ML ZJ MS MGM JCYD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML MS MGM JCYD. Wrote the paper: NL ML MS MGM JCYD.