About the Authors

María Asunción García-González

asgarcia@unizar.es

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain

David Nicolás-Pérez

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain

Angel Lanas

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain

Luis Bujanda

Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Donostia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basque Country, San Sebastián, Spain

Patricia Carrera

Affiliation Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain

Rafael Benito

Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain

Mark Strunk

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain

Federico Sopeña

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain

Santos Santolaria

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, Spain

Elena Piazuelo

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain

Pilar Jiménez

Affiliation Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain

Rafael Campo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain

Jesús Espinel

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Complejo Hospitalario de León, León, Spain

Marisa Manzano

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Fernando Geijo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Salamanca, Spain

María Pellisé

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain

Ferrán González-Huix

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain

Jorge Espinós

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Spain

Manuel Zaballa

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain

Llúcia Titó

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, Spain

Luis Barranco

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Roberto Pazo

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain

Enrique Quintero

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAG-G DN-P EQ L. Bujanda AL PC. Performed the experiments: RB MS EP PJ. Analyzed the data: PC FS SS RC J. Espinel MM FG MP FG-H J. Espinós MZ LT L. Barranco RP MAG-G. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS RB. Wrote the paper: MAG-G DN-P.