About the Authors

Hassan A. Khalil

Affiliation Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nan Ye Lei

Affiliation Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Wenxian Nie

Affiliation Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael S. Lewis

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Health System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Matthias G. Stelzner

Affiliations Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, VA Greater Los Angeles Health System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Martín G. Martín

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

James C. Y. Dunn

Affiliation Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

James Yoo

JYoo@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAK MS MGM JCYD JY. Performed the experiments: HAK NYL WN. Analyzed the data: HAK NYL ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGM JCYD JY ML. Wrote the paper: HAK JY.