About the Authors

Maria Ruweka Fernando

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Research Group, Inflammation Research Network, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The Calvin Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Jose Luis Reyes

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Research Group, Inflammation Research Network, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The Calvin Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Jordan Iannuzzi

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Research Group, Inflammation Research Network, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The Calvin Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Gabriella Leung

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Research Group, Inflammation Research Network, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The Calvin Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Derek Mark McKay

dmckay@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Research Group, Inflammation Research Network, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The Calvin Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF DMM. Performed the experiments: MF JRH JI GL. Analyzed the data: MF. Wrote the paper: MF DMM.