About the Authors

Alexander I. Zaika

alex.zaika@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jinxiong Wei

Affiliations Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jennifer M. Noto

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard M. Peek

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.