About the Authors

Sofie Haglund

sofie.haglund@lj.se

Affiliations Division of Medical Diagnostics, Laboratory Medicine, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Sven Almer

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Department of Gastroenterology, County Council of Östergötland/UHL, Linköping, Sweden

Curt Peterson

Affiliation Division of Drug Research, Department of Medicine and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Jan Söderman

Affiliation Division of Medical Diagnostics, Laboratory Medicine, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH SA CP JS. Performed the experiments: SH. Analyzed the data: SH JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH SA CP JS. Wrote the paper: SH SA CP JS.