About the Authors

Jan Freark de Boer

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Arne Dikkers

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Angelika Jurdzinski

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Johann von Felden

Affiliation Clinic of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Matthias Gaestel

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Udo Bavendiek

Affiliation Clinic of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Uwe J. F. Tietge

u_tietge@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFDB UJFT UB. Performed the experiments: JFDB AD AJ JVF. Analyzed the data: JFDB UJFT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG UB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JFDB UJFT.