About the Authors

Romina Cabrerizo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, Institute of Medical Research A Lanari-IDIM, University of Buenos Aires-National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gustavo O. Castaño

Affiliations Liver Unit, Medicine and Surgery Department, Hospital Abel Zubizarreta, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Research Council in Health, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Adriana L. Burgueño

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Biology of the Complex Diseases, Institute of Medical Research A Lanari-IDIM, University of Buenos Aires-National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tomas Fernández Gianotti

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Biology of the Complex Diseases, Institute of Medical Research A Lanari-IDIM, University of Buenos Aires-National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

María Mora Gonzalez Lopez Ledesma

Affiliation Department of Virology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Diego Flichman

Affiliation Department of Virology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Carlos J. Pirola

pirola.carlos@lanari.fmed.uba.ar (CJP); ssookoian.silvia@lanari.fmed.uba.ar (SS)

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Biology of the Complex Diseases, Institute of Medical Research A Lanari-IDIM, University of Buenos Aires-National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Silvia Sookoian

pirola.carlos@lanari.fmed.uba.ar (CJP); ssookoian.silvia@lanari.fmed.uba.ar (SS)

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, Institute of Medical Research A Lanari-IDIM, University of Buenos Aires-National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Liver Unit, Medicine and Surgery Department, Hospital Abel Zubizarreta, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Research Council in Health, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare. Silvia Sookoian serves as Academic Editor for PLOS ONE and also confirms that this does not alter the adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS CJP. Performed the experiments: RC AB TFG MGLL DF. Analyzed the data: SS CJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS CJP. Wrote the paper: SS CJP. Collected clinical information and assisted the patients: GOC SS.