About the Authors

Martin Stahl

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, the Child and Family Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jenna Ries

Contributed equally to this work with: Jenna Ries, Jenny Vermeulen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, the Child and Family Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jenny Vermeulen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jenna Ries, Jenny Vermeulen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hong Yang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital and Child & Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ho Pan Sham

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, the Child and Family Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Shauna M. Crowley

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, the Child and Family Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Yuliya Badayeva

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, the Child and Family Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Stuart E. Turvey

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital and Child & Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Erin C. Gaynor

ECG and XL also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Xiaoxia Li

ECG and XL also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Bruce A. Vallance

bvallance@cw.bc.ca

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, the Child and Family Research Institute and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS JR JV HY BAV. Performed the experiments: MS JR JV HY HPS SMC YB. Analyzed the data: MS JR JV HY HPS SMC YB BAV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JV HPS SET ECG XL BAV. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MS JR JV HY HPS SMC YB ECG BAV.