About the Authors

Andrew W. Tai

andrewwt@med.umich.edu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Shadi Salloum

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT SS. Performed the experiments: AT SS. Analyzed the data: AT SS. Wrote the paper: AT.