About the Authors

Mar Riveiro-Barciela

Affiliation Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

María Buti

mbuti@vhebron.net

Affiliations Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

María Homs

Affiliation Liver Pathology Unit/Virology Unit Biochemistry and Microbiology Departments, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Isabel Campos-Varela

Affiliation Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Carmen Cantarell

Affiliation Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Manuel Crespo

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Lluís Castells

Affiliation Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

David Tabernero

Affiliation Liver Pathology Unit/Virology Unit Biochemistry and Microbiology Departments, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Josep Quer

Affiliations Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Rafael Esteban

Affiliations Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Francisco Rodriguez-Frías

Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, Liver Pathology Unit/Virology Unit Biochemistry and Microbiology Departments, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRB MB CC MC LC JQ RE FRF. Performed the experiments: MH DT JQ FRF. Analyzed the data: MRB MB ICV LC RE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH CC MC LC DT JQ FRF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MRB MB ICV LC RE FRF.