About the Authors

Annette Eyking

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

Henning Reis

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Magdalena Frank

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

Guido Gerken

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

Kurt W. Schmid

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Elke Cario

elke.cario@uni-due.de

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AE EC. Performed the experiments: AE MF EC. Analyzed the data: AE HR MF GG KWS EC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HR KWS GG. Wrote the paper: AE EC. Interpreted data: AE HR MF GG KWS EC.