About the Authors

Alexandra-Chloé Villani

alexandra-chloe.villani@mail.mcgill.ca

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada, McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Mathieu Lemire

Affiliation Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Edouard Louis

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium

Mark S. Silverberg

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Hospital IBD Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Catherine Collette

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Geneviève Fortin

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Elaine R. Nimmo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Yannick Renaud

Affiliation McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Sébastien Brunet

Affiliation McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Cécile Libioulle

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium

Jacques Belaiche

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium

Alain Bitton

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Daniel Gaudet

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Centre de médecine génique communautaire de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital universitaire de Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Albert Cohen

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Diane Langelier

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke – Hôtel-Dieu, Sherbrooke, Québec Canada

John D. Rioux

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal and Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Ian D. R. Arnott

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Gary E. Wild

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Paul Rutgeerts

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Jack Satsangi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Séverine Vermeire

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Thomas J. Hudson

Affiliation Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Denis Franchimont

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Gastroenterology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACV CC GF TJH DF. Performed the experiments: ACV CC GF YR SB. Analyzed the data: ACV ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML EL MSS ERN CL JB AB DG AC DL JDR IDRA GEW PR JS SV TJH DF. Wrote the paper: ACV ML DF.