About the Authors

Michael J. J. Chu

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. J. Chu, Anthony R. J. Phillips

michaeljjc@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Anthony R. J. Phillips

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. J. Chu, Anthony R. J. Phillips

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Applied Surgery and Metabolism Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Maurice Wilkins Centre for Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Alexander W. G. Hosking

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Julia R. MacDonald

Affiliation Applied Surgery and Metabolism Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Adam S. J. R. Bartlett

These authors share senior authorship.

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Maurice Wilkins Centre for Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Anthony J. R. Hickey

These authors share senior authorship.

Affiliations Applied Surgery and Metabolism Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Maurice Wilkins Centre for Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJJC ARJP ASJRB AJRH. Performed the experiments: MJJC AWGH JRM AJRH. Analyzed the data: MJJC ARJP ASJRB AJRH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJJC ARJP ASJRB AJRH. Wrote the paper: MJJC ARJP ASJRB AJRH.