About the Authors

Chester C. Wu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

You-Min Lin

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jerry Gao

Affiliation Auckland Bioengineering Institute, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

John H. Winston

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Leo K. Cheng

Affiliations Auckland Bioengineering Institute, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Depertment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Xuan-Zheng Shi

xushi@utmb.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZS. Performed the experiments: CCW YML JHW XZS. Analyzed the data: JG LKC CCW XZS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG LKC. Wrote the manuscript: CCW XZS.