About the Authors

Alip Borthakur

alipb@uic.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Sumit Bhattacharyya

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Anoop Kumar

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Arivarasu Natarajan Anbazhagan

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Joanne K. Tobacman

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Pradeep K. Dudeja

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB PKD. Performed the experiments: AB SB AK ANA. Analyzed the data: AB SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JKT SB. Wrote the paper: AB PKD. Reviewed manuscript draft: JKT.