About the Authors

Soeren Ocvirk

Contributed equally to this work with: Soeren Ocvirk, Irina G. Sava

Affiliation Technische Universität München, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, ZIEL–Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

Irina G. Sava

Contributed equally to this work with: Soeren Ocvirk, Irina G. Sava

Affiliation Technische Universität München, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, ZIEL–Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

Isabella Lengfelder

Affiliation Technische Universität München, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, ZIEL–Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

Ilias Lagkouvardos

Affiliation Technische Universität München, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, ZIEL–Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

Natalie Steck

Affiliation Technische Universität München, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, ZIEL–Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

Jung H. Roh

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sandrine Tchaptchet

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Yinyin Bao

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Jonathan J. Hansen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Johannes Huebner

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Ian M. Carroll

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Barbara E. Murray

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

R. Balfour Sartor

‡ RBS and DH also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Dirk Haller

dirk.haller@tum.de

‡ RBS and DH also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Technische Universität München, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, ZIEL–Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

Competing Interests

We were unable to contact Yinyin Bao, listed as an author of this paper, to confirm her involvement in this work. The corresponding author, Dirk Haller, has therefore supplied the information regarding her contribution to the manuscript and her competing interests and it is correct to the best of his knowledge. The authors are not aware of any other potential conflict of interest associated with this manuscript. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SO IGS JJH RBS DH. Performed the experiments: SO IGS ILe NS JHR ST. Analyzed the data: SO IGS ILa JJH DH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YB JJH JH IMC BEM RBS DH. Wrote the paper: SO IGS DH.