About the Authors

Henrike Lenzen

Lenzen.Henrike@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Maria Lünnemann

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Andre Bleich

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Michael P. Manns

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ursula Seidler

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Anne Jörns

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Center of Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL US AJ. Performed the experiments: HL ML AJ. Analyzed the data: HL US AJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB US MPM AJ. Wrote the paper: HL AJ. Assisted in writing: AB ML US MPM.