About the Authors

Zhongsheng Guo

Affiliations Hepatology Institute, Peking University, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing, China

Henghui Zhang

Affiliations Hepatology Institute, Peking University, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing, China

Huiying Rao

Affiliations Hepatology Institute, Peking University, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing, China

Dong Jiang

Affiliations Hepatology Institute, Peking University, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing, China

Xu Cong

Affiliations Hepatology Institute, Peking University, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing, China

Bo Feng

Affiliations Hepatology Institute, Peking University, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing, China

Jianghua Wang

Affiliations Hepatology Institute, Peking University, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing, China

Lai Wei

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Affiliations Hepatology Institute, Peking University, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing, China

Hongsong Chen

Affiliations Hepatology Institute, Peking University, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZG HZ HR LW. Performed the experiments: ZG HZ DJ XC. Analyzed the data: ZG HZ LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BF JW HC. Wrote the paper: ZG HZ LW.