About the Authors

Celine Duraffourd

Affiliations CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases and Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases and Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Erica Kumala

Affiliations CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases and Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases and Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Laura Anselmi

Affiliation CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases and Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nicholas C. Brecha

Affiliations CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases and Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases and Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Veteran Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Catia Sternini

csternin@ucla.edu

Affiliations CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases and Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases and Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Veteran Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD CS. Performed the experiments: CD EK LA. Analyzed the data: CD EK LA CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NCB CS. Wrote the paper: CD LA NCB CS. Obtained the funds to support the study: CS NCB.