About the Authors

George M. Philips

Contributed equally to this work with: George M. Philips, Isaac S. Chan

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Isaac S. Chan

Contributed equally to this work with: George M. Philips, Isaac S. Chan

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Marzena Swiderska

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Vanessa T. Schroder

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Cynthia Guy

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Gamze F. Karaca

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Cynthia Moylan

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Talaignair Venkatraman

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sebastian Feuerlein

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Wing-Kin Syn

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Youngmi Jung

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biological Science, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Rafal P. Witek

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Steve Choi

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Gregory A. Michelotti

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Fatima Rangwala

Affiliation Divisions of Cell Therapy, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Elmar Merkle

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher Lascola

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Anna Mae Diehl

annamae.diehl@duke.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GMP ISC VTS FR CL AMD. Performed the experiments: GMP ISC MS VTS CG GFK CM W-KS YJ RPW SC FR EM CL AMD. Analyzed the data: GMP ISC MS VTS CG TV SF W-KS SC GAM EM CL AMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM CL AMD. Wrote the paper: GMP ISC FR GAM SC AMD.