About the Authors
- Olga Zaborina
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Christopher Holbrook
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Yimei Chen
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Jason Long
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Alexander Zaborin
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Irina Morozova
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Hoylan Fernandez
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Yingmin Wang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Jerrold R Turner
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- John C Alverdy
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jalverdy@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
OZ originated the project, designed all experiments, did the main work, and wrote the paper; CH performed mice experiments. YC helped to create electron microscopy images. JL helped in mice experiments. AZ helped in the RT-PCR experiments. IM made technical contributions throughout the work. HF helped in the verification of mutants. YW made technical contributions in growing Caco-2 cells. JRT made intellectual contributions and provided reagents. JCA originated the project, participated in the experimental design, wrote the paper, and provided grant support.