About the Authors
- Naushad Ali
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* E-mail: Naushad-ali@ouhsc.edu (NA); Courtney-houchen@ouhsc.edu (CWH)
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Heba Allam
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Liver Institute, Menoufiya University, Menoufiya, Egypt
- Ted Bader
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Randal May
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Kanthesh M. Basalingappa
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- William L. Berry
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Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Parthasarathy Chandrakesan
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Dongfeng Qu
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Nathaniel Weygant
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Michael S. Bronze
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Shahid Umar
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
- Ralf Janknecht
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Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Sripathi M. Sureban
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Mark Huycke
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Courtney W. Houchen
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* E-mail: Naushad-ali@ouhsc.edu (NA); Courtney-houchen@ouhsc.edu (CWH)
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NA HA TB CWH. Performed the experiments: NA HA KMB WLB. Analyzed the data: NA HA TB CWH SU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NA RM PC NW RJ SMS DQ MH. Wrote the paper: NA TD CWH MSB.