About the Authors
- Giovanni Musso
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* E-mail: giovanni_musso@yahoo.it
Affiliation Gradenigo Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Roberto Gambino
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Affiliation Dept. of Medical Sciences, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- James H. Tabibian
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Mattias Ekstedt
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Stergios Kechagias
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Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Masahide Hamaguchi
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Immunology, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Rolf Hultcrantz
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Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Hannes Hagström
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Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Seung Kew Yoon
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Affiliation Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam St. Mary Hospital, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea
- Phunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Medicine Department, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, Thailand
- Jacob George
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Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- Francisco Barrera
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Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
- Svanhildur Hafliðadóttir
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Affiliation Dept of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Hringbrau, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Einar Stefan Björnsson
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Affiliation Dept of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Hringbrau, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Matthew J. Armstrong
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Affiliation Centre for Liver Research and NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Liver Disease, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Laurence J. Hopkins
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Affiliation Centre for Liver Research and NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Liver Disease, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Xin Gao
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Sven Francque
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- An Verrijken
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Yusuf Yilmaz
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Keith D. Lindor
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Michael Charlton
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Robin Haring
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Markus M. Lerch
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Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Rainer Rettig
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Affiliation Institute of Physiology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Medicine Greifswald, Karlsburg, Germany
- Henry Völzke
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Affiliation Institute for Community Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Seungho Ryu
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Affiliation Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Guolin Li
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Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- Linda L. Wong
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Affiliation John A. Burns School of Medicine at University of Hawaii, Transplant Institute, Hawaii Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Mariana Machado
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Santa Maria, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
- Helena Cortez-Pinto
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Santa Maria, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
- Kohichiroh Yasui
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
- Maurizio Cassader
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Affiliation Dept. of Medical Sciences, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GM. Performed the experiments: GM RG JHT ME SK MH RH HH SKY PC JG FB SH ESB MA LH XG SF AV YY KDL MC RH HV MML RR MC. Analyzed the data: GM RG JHT ME SK MH RH HH SKY PC JG FB SH ESB MA LH XG SF AV YY KDL MC RH HV SR GL LLW MM HCP KY MML RR MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM RG JHT ME SK MH RH HH SKY PC JG FB SH ESB MA LH XG SF AV YY KDL MC RH HV SR GL LLW MM HCP KY MML RR MC. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: GM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GM. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: GM RG JHT ME SK MH RH HH SKY PC JG FB SH ESB MA LH XG SF AV YY KDL MC RH HV MML RR SR GL LLW MM HCP KY MC. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: GM RG JHT ME SK MH RH HH SKY PC JG FB SH ESB MA LH XG SF AV YY KDL MC RH HV MML RR SR GL LLW MM HCP KY MC. Enrolled patients: GM RG JHT ME SK MH RH HH SKY PC JG FB SH ESB MA LH XG SF AV YY KDL MC RH HV MML RR SR GL LLW MM HCP KY MC.