About the Authors

Jan-Peter Sowa

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

Özgür Atmaca

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Alisan Kahraman

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

Martin Schlattjan

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

Marion Lindner

Affiliation LVR-Clinic, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Svenja Sydor

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

Norbert Scherbaum

Affiliation LVR-Clinic, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Karoline Lackner

Affiliation Institute for Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

Guido Gerken

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

Dominik Heider

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Straubing Center of Science, Straubing, Germany

Gavin E. Arteel

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Yesim Erim

Contributed equally to this work with: Yesim Erim, Ali Canbay

Affiliations LVR-Clinic, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Psychosomatic and Psychotherapeutic Department, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Ali Canbay

Contributed equally to this work with: Yesim Erim, Ali Canbay

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

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPS NS YE AC. Performed the experiments: ÖA AK MS ML SS DH. Analyzed the data: JPS MS DH AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS GG DH YE. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JPS KL GEA YE AC.