About the Authors

Douglas E. Feldman

defeldma@usc.edu (DF); kmachida@usc.edu (KM)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Chialin Chen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Vasu Punj

Affiliation Bioinformatics Core, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Southern California and Division of Hematology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Keigo Machida

defeldma@usc.edu (DF); kmachida@usc.edu (KM)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DF KM. Performed the experiments: DF CC VP. Analyzed the data: DF VP KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DF CC VP. Wrote the paper: DF KM.