About the Authors

Tommy Pacana

asanyal@mcvh-vcu.edu (AJS); tpacana@mcvh-vcu.edu (TP)

Affiliation Div. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, United States of America

Sophie Cazanave

Affiliation Div. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, United States of America

Aurora Verdianelli

Affiliation Div. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, United States of America

Vaishali Patel

Affiliation Div. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, United States of America

Hae-Ki Min

Affiliation Div. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, United States of America

Faridoddin Mirshahi

Affiliation Div. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, United States of America

Eoin Quinlivan

Affiliation Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, General Clinical Research Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Arun J. Sanyal

asanyal@mcvh-vcu.edu (AJS); tpacana@mcvh-vcu.edu (TP)

Affiliation Div. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23298, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TP AJS EQ. Performed the experiments: TP SC EQ. Analyzed the data: TP SC AV VP HM FM EQ AJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TP SC AV EQ HM FM AJS. Wrote the paper: TP SC AJS.