About the Authors

Heling Su

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Yan Liu

Affiliation Viral Hepatitis Research Laboratory, Institute of Infectious Diseases/Liver Failure Medical Center, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China

Zhihui Xu

Affiliation Viral Hepatitis Research Laboratory, Institute of Infectious Diseases/Liver Failure Medical Center, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China

Shuquan Cheng

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, The Third People’s Hospital of Guilin, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Haiyan Ye

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, The Third People’s Hospital of Guilin, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Qing Xu

Affiliation Guangxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine in Liver Injury and Repair, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Qingbo Liu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Shuhong Tan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Dongping Xu

liuym@glmc.edu.cn (YL); xudongping@yahoo.com (DX)

Affiliation Viral Hepatitis Research Laboratory, Institute of Infectious Diseases/Liver Failure Medical Center, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China

Yongming Liu

liuym@glmc.edu.cn (YL); xudongping@yahoo.com (DX)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS DX YML. Performed the experiments: HS YL ZX HY QX QL ST. Analyzed the data: HS SC DX YML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC HY QX. Wrote the paper: HS DX YML.