About the Authors

Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Paredes

Contributed equally to this work with: Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Paredes, Goretti Hernández Mesa

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technologies and Center of Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Goretti Hernández Mesa

Contributed equally to this work with: Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Paredes, Goretti Hernández Mesa

Affiliation Gastroenterology Department, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Dalia Morales Arraez

Affiliation Gastroenterology Department, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Raquel Marcelino Reyes

Affiliation Gastroenterology Department, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Beatriz Abrante

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technologies and Center of Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Felicitas Diaz-Flores

Affiliation Central Laboratory, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Eduardo Salido

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technologies and Center of Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Enrique Quintero

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technologies and Center of Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Gastroenterology Department, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Manuel Hernández-Guerra

mhernandezguerra@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technologies and Center of Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Gastroenterology Department, University Hospital of the Canary Islands, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH-G EQ. Performed the experiments: FJG-P GHM BA RMR DMA. Analyzed the data: FJG-P GHM MH-G. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH-G. Wrote the paper: FJG-P MH-G EQ. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: ES FD-F. Statistical analysis: EQ MH-G.