About the Authors
- Jan-Peter Sowa
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Özgür Atmaca
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Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Alisan Kahraman
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Martin Schlattjan
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Marion Lindner
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Affiliation LVR-Clinic, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Svenja Sydor
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Norbert Scherbaum
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Affiliation LVR-Clinic, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Karoline Lackner
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Affiliation Institute for Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
- Guido Gerken
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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, Straubing Center of Science, Straubing, Germany
- Gavin E. Arteel
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Yesim Erim
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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
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yesim Erim, Ali Canbay
* 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
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.