About the Authors

Yuying Liu

Affiliation Divisions of Gastroenterology and Allergy-Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nicole Y. Fatheree

Affiliation Divisions of Gastroenterology and Allergy-Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Bridgette M. Dingle

Affiliation Divisions of Gastroenterology and Allergy-Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dat Q. Tran

Affiliation Divisions of Gastroenterology and Allergy-Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jon Marc Rhoads

j.marc.rhoads@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Divisions of Gastroenterology and Allergy-Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL DQT JMR. Performed the experiments: YL NYF BMD. Analyzed the data: YL DQT JMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL DQT JMR. Wrote the paper: YL DQT JMR.