About the Authors

Michael K. Kiessling

Michael.kiessling@usz.ch

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UniversityHospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Panagiotis Samaras

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Silvia Lang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UniversityHospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Michael Scharl

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UniversityHospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Adriano Aguzzi

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Derek A. Oldrige

Affiliation Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America

John M. Maris

Affiliation Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America

Gerhard Rogler

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UniversityHospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GR MKK. Performed the experiments: MKK DAO SL JMM. Analyzed the data: MKK ACF PS DAO SL JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACF PS JCR SL MS. Wrote the paper: MKK GR. Critically revised the manuscript for content: ACF PS AA SL MS DAO JMM.