Mehta, Minesh
Hetta, Helal F.
Abdel-hameed, Enass A.
Rouster, Susan D.
Hossain, MdMonir
Mekky, Mohamed A.
Khalil, Nasr K.
Mohamed, Wegdan A.
El-Feky, Mohamed A.
Ahmed, Shabaan H.
Daef, Enas A.
El-Mokhtar, Mohamed A.
Abdelwahab, Sayed F.
Medhat, Ahmed
Sherman, Kenneth E.
Shata, Mohamed Tarek M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Egyptian Government scholarship for Helal Hetta , the Grant office, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.
Merck (40458)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K24DK070528, P30 DK078392, P30 DK078392, P30 DK078392)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2016
Accepted: 11 August 2016
First Online: 20 August 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: All authors declare that no conflict of interest exists regarding the work reported in this manuscript.
: Verbal and written consent was obtained from all participants according to an IRB protocol approved by the Assiut University College of Medicine Institutional Review Board.
: This investigation was supported by an Egyptian Government scholarship for Helal Hetta, the Grant office, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt., Merck Investigator Initiated Studies (IISP #: 40458 [Shata]); National Institute of Health Grant (K24DK070528 [Sherman]); and was partially supported by Public Health Service Grant (P30 DK078392 [The Gene Expression Microarray Core Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center]); National Institute of Health Grant (NIH P30 DK078392 [Core of the Digestive Disease Research Core Center in Cincinnati]).