About the Authors

Valeriy Demchev

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeriy Demchev, Geraldine Malana

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Geraldine Malana

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeriy Demchev, Geraldine Malana

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Divya Vangala

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Janis Stoll

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anal Desai

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hye Won Kang

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yingxia Li

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hamed Nayeb-Hashemi

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michele Niepel

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David E. Cohen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chinweike Ukomadu

cukomadu@partners.org

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEC CU. Performed the experiments: VD GM DV JS AD HWK YL HN-H MN. Analyzed the data: VD GM DV JS AD HWK HN-H YL MN DEC CU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEC CU. Wrote the paper: CU.