About the Authors

Michel Fausther

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Research Service, Central Arkansas VA Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Elise G. Lavoie

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Research Service, Central Arkansas VA Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Jessica R. Goree

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Research Service, Central Arkansas VA Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Giulia Baldini

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Jonathan A. Dranoff

jadranoff@uams.edu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Research Service, Central Arkansas VA Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF EGL GB JAD. Performed the experiments: MF EGL JRG GB JAD. Analyzed the data: MF GB JAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB. Wrote the paper: MF JAD.