About the Authors

Daniele Corridoni

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Luca Pastorelli

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Benedetta Mattioli

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Silviu Locovei

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Dai Ishikawa

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Kristen O. Arseneau

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Marcello Chieppa

Affiliation Lab of Experimental Immunopathology, Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) “De Bellis”, Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy

Fabio Cominelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabio Cominelli, Theresa T. Pizarro

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Theresa T. Pizarro

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabio Cominelli, Theresa T. Pizarro

theresa.pizarro@case.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTP FC. Performed the experiments: DC LP BM SL DI MC. Analyzed the data: DC KOA FC TTP. Wrote the paper: DC FC TTP.