About the Authors

Giacomo Gastaldi

Contributed equally to this work with: Giacomo Gastaldi, Diana Gomes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, diabetology, hypertension and nutrition, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Diana Gomes

Contributed equally to this work with: Giacomo Gastaldi, Diana Gomes

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathology and immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Philippe Schneiter

Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Xavier Montet

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Radiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Luc Tappy

Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Sophie Clément

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pathology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Francesco Negro

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Francesco.negro@hcuge.ch

Affiliations Division of Clinical Pathology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, Division of Gastroenterology and hepatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

F.N. has received research grants from Gilead and AbbVie, and is advising Gilead, AbbVie and Merck. This does not alter our adherence to PLoS One policies on sharing data and materials.