About the Authors

Seung Up Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Seung Up Kim, Ki Jun Song

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Ki Jun Song

Contributed equally to this work with: Seung Up Kim, Ki Jun Song

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Hye Young Chang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Eui-Cheol Shin

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Jun Yong Park

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Do Young Kim

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Kwang-Hyub Han

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea, Brain Korea 21 Project of Medical Science, Seoul, Korea

Chae Yoon Chon

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Sang Hoon Ahn

ahnsh@yuhs.ac

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea, Brain Korea 21 Project of Medical Science, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

Co-author Eui-Cheol Shin is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SUK KJS HYC SHA. Performed the experiments: SUK KJS HYC SHA. Analyzed the data: SUK KJS HYC SHA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SUK KJS HYC ECH JYP DYK KHH CYC SHA. Wrote the paper: SUK KJS HYC.