About the Authors
- Jan-Peter Sowa
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Dominik Heider
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Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Center for Medical Biotechnology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Lars Peter Bechmann
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Guido Gerken
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Daniel Hoffmann
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Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Center for Medical Biotechnology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Ali Canbay
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* E-mail: ali.canbay@uni-due.de
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Sample acquisition and data collection: LPB AC. Obtained funding: GG AC. Conceived and designed the experiments: JPS D. Heider AC. Performed the experiments: JPS D. Heider. Analyzed the data: JPS D. Heider D. Hoffman. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG D. Hoffman. Wrote the paper: JPS D. Heider LPB AC.