About the Authors

Vikrant Rachakonda

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213, United States of America

Amir A. Borhani

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States of America

Michael A. Dunn

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213, United States of America

Margaret Andrzejewski

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213, United States of America

Kelly Martin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213, United States of America

Jaideep Behari

beharij@upmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VR JB. Performed the experiments: VR AAB MA KM. Analyzed the data: VR AAB JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD. Wrote the paper: VR AAB MD JB.