About the Authors

Hirotsugu Eda

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Hirokazu Fukui

hfukui@hyo-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Ryosuke Uchiyama

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Yoshitaka Kitayama

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Ken Hara

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Mo Yang

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, Department of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China

Mio Kodani

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Toshihiko Tomita

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Tadayuki Oshima

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Jiro Watari

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Hiroko Tsutsui

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Hiroto Miwa

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HE HF RU. Formal analysis: HE HF TT TO JW. Investigation: HE HF RU YK KH MY MK. Resources: HE HF RU TT JW. Writing – original draft: HE HF HT HM. Writing – review & editing: HE HF RU YK KH MY MK TT TO JW HT HM.