About the Authors

Mary Carmen Valenzano

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, 19096, United States of America

Katherine DiGuilio

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, 19096, United States of America

Joanna Mercado

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, 19096, United States of America

Mimi Teter

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Julie To

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Brendan Ferraro

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Brittany Mixson

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, 19096, United States of America

Isabel Manley

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Valerissa Baker

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America

Beverley A. Moore

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 19477, United States of America

Joshua Wertheimer

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 19477, United States of America

James M. Mullin

mullinj@mlhs.org

Affiliations Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, 19096, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, 19096, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMM JW MCV. Performed the experiments: MCV KD JM MT JT BF BM IM VB JW JMM. Analyzed the data: MCV KD JM BAM JW JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMM BAM JW. Wrote the paper: JMM BAM JW. Analysis of data statistics: BAM.