About the Authors

Sizhao Lu

Current address: Department of Renal Medicine and Hypertension, University of Colorado Denver, 12700 East 19th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985870 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5870, United States of America

Sathish Kumar Natarajan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985870 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5870, United States of America

Justin L. Mott

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985870 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5870, United States of America

Kusum K. Kharbanda

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982000 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–2000, United States of America

Duygu Dee Harrison-Findik

dufindik@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982000 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–2000, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL DHF. Performed the experiments: SL SKN. Analyzed the data: SL SKN JLM KKK DHF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL SKN JLM KKK DHF. Wrote the paper: SL DHF. Critically revised the manuscript: SKN JLM KKK DHF.