About the Authors

Akihiro Tajima

Contributed equally to this work with: Akihiro Tajima, Moriya Iwaizumi

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Moriya Iwaizumi

Contributed equally to this work with: Akihiro Tajima, Moriya Iwaizumi

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Stephanie Tseng-Rogenski

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

Betty L. Cabrera

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

John M. Carethers

jcarethe@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 Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC. Performed the experiments: AT BC MI ST-R. Analyzed the data: JC AT BC MI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC. Wrote the paper: JC AT MI.