About the Authors

Christopher B. Guest

Affiliations Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Matthew E. Hartman

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Jason C. O'Connor

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Kenneth S. Chakour

Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Ali A. Sovari

Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Gregory G. Freund

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: freun@uiuc.edu

Affiliations Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GF CG MH JO. Performed the experiments: CG MH JO EN KC AS. Analyzed the data: GF CG MH JO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG. Wrote the paper: GF CG.