Rolandas Gedgaudas
Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania; Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Jasmohan S Bajaj
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University and Central Virginia Veterans Healthcare System, Richmond, VA, USA

Jurgita Skieceviciene
Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Irena Valantiene
Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania; Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Edita Kiudeliene
Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania; Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Corinna Bang
Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Andre Franke
Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Stefan Schreiber
Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Juozas Kupcinskas
Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania; Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania