About the Authors

Eliene Bogaerts

Affiliation Gastro-enterology and hepatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Femke Heindryckx

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Lindsey Devisscher

Affiliation Gastro-enterology and hepatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Annelies Paridaens

Affiliation Gastro-enterology and hepatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Yves-Paul Vandewynckel

Affiliation Gastro-enterology and hepatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Anja Van den Bussche

Affiliation Gastro-enterology and hepatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Xavier Verhelst

Affiliation Gastro-enterology and hepatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Louis Libbrecht

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Leo A. van Grunsven

Affiliation Liver Cell Biology Lab, Vrije universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Anja Geerts

Affiliation Gastro-enterology and hepatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Hans Van Vlierberghe

hans.vanvlierberghe@ugent.be

Affiliation Gastro-enterology and hepatology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EB FH LVG HV. Performed the experiments: EB AVDB. Analyzed the data: EB FH LD AP YPV XV LL LVG AG HVV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL. Wrote the paper: EB FH LD LVG HVV. Critical revisions: LD AP YPV AVDB XV LL AG.