About the Authors

Lucas M. Sjeklocha

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Chang-Won Park

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Phillip Y-P Wong

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Mark J. Roney

Affiliations Vascular Biology Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

John D. Belcher

Affiliations Vascular Biology Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Dan S. Kaufman

Affiliations Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Gregory M. Vercellotti

Affiliations Vascular Biology Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Robert P. Hebbel

Affiliations Vascular Biology Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Clifford J. Steer

steer001@umn.edu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMS C-WP JDB DSK GMV RPH CJS. Performed the experiments: LMS C-WP PY-PW MJR. Analyzed the data: LMS C-WP JDB CJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJR JDB DSK GMV RPH. Wrote the paper: LMS C-WP CJS.