About the Authors

Katerina Nikolovska

Affiliations Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Centre for Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Dorothe Spillmann

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

Jörg Haier

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Center Münster, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Andrea Ladányi

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Molecular Pathology, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary

Christian Stock

Affiliation Centre for Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Daniela G. Seidler

Seidler.Daniela@mh-hannover.de

Affiliations Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Centre for Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DGS. Data curation: DGS. Formal analysis: KN DS CS DGS. Funding acquisition: DGS CS KN. Investigation: KN. Methodology: DGS KN JH CS DS. Project administration: KN DGS. Resources: AL. Supervision: DGS. Validation: KN CS DS JH DGS. Visualization: KN DGS. Writing – original draft: DGS KN. Writing – review & editing: KN DS JH AL CS DGS.