About the Authors

Dagmar Quandt

Affiliation Clinics for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Kathrin Rothe

Affiliation Clinics for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Roger Scholz

Affiliation Clinics for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Christoph W. Baerwald

Affiliation Clinics for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Ulf Wagner

ulf.wagner@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Clinics for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DQ UW. Performed the experiments: DQ KR. Analyzed the data: DQ KR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS CB. Wrote the paper: DQ UW.