About the Authors

Biljana Jovov

bjovov@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Felix Araujo-Perez

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Carlie S. Sigel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jeran K. Stratford

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Amber N. McCoy

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jen Jen Yeh

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Temitope Keku

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJ JJY TK. Performed the experiments: FA CS ANM. Analyzed the data: BJ JKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJY TK. Wrote the paper: BJ.