About the Authors

Dharmalingam Subramaniam

*dsubramaniam@kumc.edu (D. Subramaniam); psharma@kumc.edu (PS)

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Sivapriya Ponnurangam

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Prabhu Ramamoorthy

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

David Standing

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Richard J. Battafarano

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shrikant Anant

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Prateek Sharma

*dsubramaniam@kumc.edu (D. Subramaniam); psharma@kumc.edu (PS)

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: D. Subramaniam RJB SA PS. Performed the experiments: SP D. Subramaniam PR D. Standing. Analyzed the data: D. Subramaniam RJB SA PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJB. Wrote the paper: D. Subramaniam SA PS.