About the Authors

Jennifer A. Croix

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

Franck Carbonero

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

Gerardo M. Nava

Current address: Division of Immunobiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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

Mark Russell

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

Eugene Greenberg

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Carle Foundation Hospital Institute for Digestive Health, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

H. Rex Gaskins

hgaskins@illinois.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 Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Institute for Genomic Biology, 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: JAC FC GMN EG HRG. Performed the experiments: JAC FC GMN MR. Analyzed the data: JAC FC GMN MR HRG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG. Wrote the paper: JAC GMN FC HRG.