About the Authors

Prema Robinson

premar@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Armandina Garza

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joel Weinstock

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jose A. Serpa

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jerry Clay Goodman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kristian T. Eckols

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Bahrom Firozgary

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David J. Tweardy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR DJT JW. Performed the experiments: PR AG KTE BF JAS. Analyzed the data: PR DJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAS JCG. Wrote the paper: PR DJT.