About the Authors

James E. Squires

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Pediatric Liver Care Center of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Pranavkumar Shivakumar

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Pediatric Liver Care Center of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Reena Mourya

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Pediatric Liver Care Center of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Kazuhiko Bessho

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Stephanie Walters

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Pediatric Liver Care Center of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jorge A. Bezerra

jorge.bezerra@cchmc.org

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Pediatric Liver Care Center of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JES PS KB JAB. Performed the experiments: JES PS RM KB SW. Analyzed the data: JES PS RM KB SW JAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM. Wrote the paper: JES PS JAB.