About the Authors

Hans Dieter Nischalke

Contributed equally to this work with: Hans Dieter Nischalke, Cordula Berger

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Cordula Berger

Contributed equally to this work with: Hans Dieter Nischalke, Cordula Berger

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Carolin Luda

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Thomas Berg

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Tobias Müller

Affiliation Medical Clinic for Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Medical University Charité Campus, Virchow–Klinikum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Frank Grünhage

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany

Frank Lammert

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany

Martin Coenen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Benjamin Krämer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christian Körner

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Natascha Vidovic

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Johannes Oldenburg

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Jacob Nattermann

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Tilman Sauerbruch

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Ulrich Spengler

ulrich.spengler@ukb.uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HDN US JN. Performed the experiments: CL MC CK. Analyzed the data: CB HDN BK US. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB FG FL NV JO TM. Wrote the paper: HDN US TS.