About the Authors

Shaminie Athinarayanan

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Rongrong Wei

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Min Zhang

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Shaochun Bai

Affiliation Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Maret G. Traber

Affiliation Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Katherine Yates

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Massachusetts, United States of America

Oscar W. Cummings

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Jean Molleston

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Wanqing Liu

liu781@purdue.edu (WL); nchalasa@iu.edu (NC)

Affiliations Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Indiana Fatty Liver Disease Research Group, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Naga Chalasani

liu781@purdue.edu (WL); nchalasa@iu.edu (NC)

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Indiana Fatty Liver Disease Research Group, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL NC. Performed the experiments: SA RW. Analyzed the data: SA MZ WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGT KY OWC JM SB. Wrote the paper: SA WL NC. Involved in the initial clinical trial studies: WL NC MGT KY OWC SB JM.