About the Authors

Paola Menghini

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Luca Di Martino

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Loris R. Lopetuso

Affiliations Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Daniele Corridoni

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Joshua C. Webster

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Wei Xin

Affiliations Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Kristen O. Arseneau

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Minh Lam

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Theresa T. Pizarro

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Fabio Cominelli

fabio.cominelli@case.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PM FC. Data curation: KOA. Formal analysis: PM WX KOA. Funding acquisition: TTP FC. Investigation: PM LD LL DC JCW ML. Methodology: PM LD LL ML TTP FC. Project administration: TTP FC. Resources: TTP FC. Software: KOA. Supervision: FC. Validation: PM KOA FC. Visualization: PM ML KOA. Writing – original draft: PM. Writing – review & editing: PM ML KOA TTP FC.