About the Authors

Ming-Lung Yu

Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chen-Hua Liu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Feng Huang

Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Occupational Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tai-Chung Tseng

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan

Jee-Fu Huang

Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chia-Yen Dai

Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Zu-Yau Lin

Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Shinn-Cherng Chen

Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Liang-Yen Wang

Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Suh-Hang Hank Juo

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Genetics and Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wan-Long Chuang

Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jia-Horng Kao

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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WLC JHK. Performed the experiments: MLY CFH WLC JHK. Analyzed the data: CHL JFH CYD CFH TCT ZYL SCC LYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CFH CHL JFH CYD WLC MLY SHJ. Wrote the paper: MLY CFH CHL.