About the Authors

Kazumichi Abe

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

k-abe@fmu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Masashi Fujita

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Manabu Hayashi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Atsushi Takahashi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Hiromasa Ohira

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Competing Interests

Kazumichi Abe and Hiromasa Ohira has received research funds from AbbVie Inc. All other authors declare no conflict of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.