About the Authors

Christoph Campregher

Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Chemoprevention, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Gerald Schmid

Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Chemoprevention, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Franziska Ferk

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Siegfried Knasmüller

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Vineeta Khare

Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Chemoprevention, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Benedikt Kortüm

Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Chemoprevention, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Kyle Dammann

Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Chemoprevention, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Michaela Lang

Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Chemoprevention, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Theresa Scharl

Affiliations ACIB GmbH, c/o Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, Department of Statistics and Probability Theory, University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

Andreas Spittler

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Research Laboratories & Core Facility Flow Cytometry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Andres I. Roig

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jerry W. Shay

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Christopher Gerner

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Christoph Gasche

christoph.gasche@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Chemoprevention, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

CG has ongoing research collaborations with AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals, Biogena Naturstoffe GmbH, and Shire Pharmaceuticals, and received research support, lecturing or consulting honoraria from AstraZeneca Austria, Ferring Int., Dr. Falk Pharma, Fresenius Medical Care, Minos Medical Inc., Pharmacosmos A/S, Renapharma Sweden, Shire Inc., Vifor Int., and Vifor Österreich. This does not alter the authors' adherence to the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC C. Gasche GS C. Gerner VK. Performed the experiments: CC C. Gerner GS BK FF AS KD ML. Analyzed the data: CC TS FF SK C. Gerner. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AIR JWS. Wrote the paper: CC.