About the Authors
- Cécile Libioulle
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Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Edouard Louis
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Affiliation Unit of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Sciences, GIGA-R, Faculty of Medicine, and CHU de Liège, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Sarah Hansoul
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Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Cynthia Sandor
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Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Frédéric Farnir
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Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Denis Franchimont
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Erasmus Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- Séverine Vermeire
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Olivier Dewit
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Clinique Universitaire St Luc, UCL, Brussels, Belgium
- Martine de Vos
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Anna Dixon
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Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, England
- Bruno Demarche
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Affiliation Unit of Bioinformatics, GIGA-R and Institut Montefiore, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Ivo Gut
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Affiliation Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France
- Simon Heath
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Affiliation Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France
- Mario Foglio
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Affiliation Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France
- Liming Liang
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Affiliation Centre for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Debby Laukens
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Myriam Mni
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Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Diana Zelenika
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Affiliation Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France
- André Van Gossum
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Erasmus Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- Paul Rutgeerts
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Jacques Belaiche
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Affiliation Unit of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Sciences, GIGA-R, Faculty of Medicine, and CHU de Liège, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Mark Lathrop
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Affiliation Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France
- Michel Georges
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: michel.georges@ulg.ac.be
Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
E. Louis, M. Lathrop, and M. Georges conceived and designed the experiments. C. Libioulle, A. Dixon, I. Gut, M. Mni, and D. Zelenika performed the experiments. C. Libioulle, E. Louis, S. Hansoul, C. Sandor, F. Farnir, B. Demarche, M. Foglio, S. Heath, L. Liang, M. Lathrop, and M. Georges analyzed the data. E. Louis, D. Franchimont, S. Vermeire, O. Dewit, M. de Vos, D. Laukens, A. Van Gossum, P. Rutgeerts, and J. Belaiche contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. M. Lathrop and M. Georges wrote the paper.