About the Authors

Lucas M. Sjeklocha

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Phillip Y.-P. Wong

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

John D. Belcher

Affiliations Vascular Biology Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Gregory M. Vercellotti

Affiliations Vascular Biology Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Clifford J. Steer

steer001@umn.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJS LMS JDB. Performed the experiments: LMS PYPW. Analyzed the data: LMS CJS. Wrote the manuscript: LMS JDB GMV CJS.