About the Authors

Javier Ampuero

Affiliation Unit for Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Isidora Ranchal

Affiliation Unit for Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

David Nuñez

Affiliation Unit for Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

María del Mar Díaz-Herrero

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Marta Maraver

Affiliation Unit for Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

José Antonio del Campo

Affiliation Unit for Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Ángela Rojas

Affiliation Unit for Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Inés Camacho

Affiliation Unit for Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Blanca Figueruela

Affiliation Unit for Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Juan D. Bautista

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Manuel Romero-Gómez

mromerogomez@us.es

Affiliation Unit for Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases and CIBERehd, Hospital Universitario de Valme, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA MRG. Performed the experiments: IR MdMDH JAdC AR IC JDB. Analyzed the data: JA MRG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DN MM BF. Wrote the paper: JA MRG.