About the Authors

Kerstin Herzer

kerstin.herzer@uk-essen.de

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany, Gereral-, Viszeral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Anna Carbow

Affiliation Spital STS Ag, Department of Surgery, Zweisimmern, Swizerland

Svenja Sydor

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Jan-Peter Sowa

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Stefan Biesterfeld

Affiliation Department of Cytopathology, University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Thomas-Georg Hofmann

Affiliation Research Group Cellular Senescence, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany

Peter-Robert Galle

Affiliation 1st Department of Medicine, University Medicine of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Guido Gerken

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Ali Canbay

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH TGH A. Canbay. Performed the experiments: KH A. Carbow SS JPS SB. Analyzed the data: KH SB PRG A. Canbay. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB TGH PRG GG. Wrote the paper: KH A. Canbay.