About the Authors

M. L. Arffa

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States of America

M. A. Zapf

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States of America

A. N. Kothari

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States of America

V. Chang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States of America

G. N. Gupta

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States of America

X. Ding

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States of America

M. M. Al-Gayyar

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

W. Syn

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Section of Gastroenterology, Ralph H Johnson Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

N. M. Elsherbiny

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

P. C. Kuo

pkuo@lumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States of America

Z. Mi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MLA MAZ ANK VC PCK ZM. Data curation: MLA ZM. Formal analysis: MLA ANK ZM. Funding acquisition: PCK. Methodology: MLA MAZ ANK VC PCK ZM MMA NME XD WS. Project administration: PCK ZM. Resources: MMA NME GNG XD. Supervision: PCK. Writing – original draft: MLA ZM. Writing – review & editing: MLA MAZ ANK VC PCK ZM GNG WS.