Authors: R. Alberts*1, E. M. de Vries2, G. Alexander3, D. Alvaro4, A. Bergquist5, U. Beuers2, E. Björnsson6, K. M. Boberg7, C. L. Bowlus8, R. W. Chapman9, O. Chazouillères10, A. Cheung11, G. Dalekos12, B. Eksteen13, D. Ellinghaus14, M. Färkkilä15, E. A. Festen1, A. Floreani16, T. Folseraas7, E. Goode17, D. N. Gotthardt18, G. M. Hirschfield19, B. van Hoek20, K. Holm7, S. Hohenester21, J. R. Hov7, F. Imhann1, P. Invernizzi22, X. Jiang7, J. Eaton23, B. D. Juran24, K. N. Lazaridis24, V. Leppa25, J. Z. Liu26, J. Löfberg27, M. P. Manns28, H.-U. Marschall29, M. Marzioni30, A. L. Mason31, E. Melum7, P. Milkiewicz32, T. Müller33, A. Pares34, C. Rupp35, S. M. Rushbrook36, C. Rust37, F. Sampaziotis38, R. N. Sandford39, C. Schramm40, S. Schreiber14, E. Schrumpf7, M. Silverberg41, B. Srivastava39, M. Sterneck42, A. Teufel43, L. Tittmann44, L. Vallier38, A. V. Vila1, B. de Vries1, T. J. Weismüller28, C. Wijmenga45, K. Zachou46, A. Franke14, C. A. Anderson47, T. H. Karlsen7, C. Y. Ponsioen2, R. K. Weersma1
1University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Groningen, Netherlands, 2Academic Medical Centre, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 3University of Cambridge, Department of Medicine, Division of Hepatology, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 4Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Clinical Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Rome, Italy, 5Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stockholm, Sweden, 6Landspitali University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Reykjavik, Iceland, 7Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norwegian PSC Research Centre, Division of Cancer Medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo, Norway, 8University of California Davis, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Davis, California, United States, 9John Radcliffe University Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Hepatology, Oxford, United Kingdom, 10Hôpital Saint Antoine and U.P.M.C. Univ Paris 06, AP-HP and Department of Hepatology, Paris, France, 11University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital, Gen. Internal Medicine, Toronto, Canada, 12Medical School, University of Thessaly, Department of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, Larissa, Greece, 13University of Calgary, Snyder Institute of Chronic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Calgary, Canada, 14Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel, Germany, 15Helsinki University Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, 16University of Padova, Dept. of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, Padova, Italy, 17Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Norwich, United Kingdom, 18University Hospital of Heidelberg, Department of Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany, 19University of Toronto, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Toronto, Canada, 20Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden, Netherlands, 21University of Munich, Department of Medicine II, Munich, Germany, 22Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre, Centre for Autoimmune Liver Diseases, Rozzano, Italy, 23Mayo Clinic, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 24Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Centre for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 25Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland F.I.M.M., University of Helsinki and National Institute for Health and Welfare, Public Health Genomics Unit, Helsinki, Finland, 26Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 27Karolinska Institute, Department of, Stockholm, Sweden, 28Hannover Medical School, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover, Germany, 29Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy and University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Gothenburg, Sweden, 30Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ospedali Riuniti University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy, 31University of Alberta, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 32Medical University of Warsaw, Liver and Internal Medicine Unit, Warsaw, Poland, 33Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Internal Medicine, Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Berlin, Germany, 34University of Barcelona, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, I.D.I.B.A.P.S., C.I.B.E.R.ehd, Barcelona, Spain, 35University Hospital of Heidelberg, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Heidelberg, Germany, 36University Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Norfolk and Norwich, Norwich, United Kingdom, 37University of Munich, Department of Medicine 2, Grosshadern, Munich, Germany, 38Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, Anne McLaren Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 39University of Cambridge, Academic Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 40University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 1st Department of Medicine, Hamburg, Germany, 41Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group, Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 42University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation, Hamburg, Germany, 43University of Mainz, First Department of Medicine, Mainz, Germany, 44Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Institute for Epidemiology, Kiel, Germany, 45University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, Netherlands, 46University of Thessaly, Department of Internal Medicine, Larissa, Greece, 47Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States