About the Authors

Ingrid Arijs

Contributed equally to this work with: Ingrid Arijs, Gert De Hertogh

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Gert De Hertogh

Contributed equally to this work with: Ingrid Arijs, Gert De Hertogh

Affiliation Department of Morphology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Katleen Lemaire

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Roel Quintens

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Leentje Van Lommel

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Kristel Van Steen

Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Montefiore Institute), University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Peter Leemans

Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Montefiore Institute), University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Isabelle Cleynen

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

Gert Van Assche

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

Séverine Vermeire

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

Karel Geboes

Affiliation Department of Morphology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Frans Schuit

paul.rutgeerts@uz.kuleuven.be (PR); Frans.Schuit@med.kuleuven.be (FS)

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Paul Rutgeerts

paul.rutgeerts@uz.kuleuven.be (PR); Frans.Schuit@med.kuleuven.be (FS)

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

PR, SV, GVA and KG report following conflicts of interest: grant support, lecture fees and consulting fees from Centocor and Schering-Plough.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IA GDH GVA SV KG FCS PR. Performed the experiments: IA KL RQ LVL PL PR. Analyzed the data: IA GDH KL RQ KVS IC GVA SV KG FCS PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IA GDH GVA SV KG FCS PR. Wrote the paper: IA GDH PR.