About the Authors

Qian Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Qian Zhang, Ying Li

Affiliations The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Hepatology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin, China

Ying Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Qian Zhang, Ying Li

Affiliations Department of Hepatology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Artificial Cells, Tianjin, China

Tao Han

hantaomd@126.com

Affiliations Department of Hepatology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Artificial Cells, Tianjin, China

CaiYun Nie

Affiliations The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Hepatology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin, China

JunJun Cai

Affiliations The Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Hepatology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin, China

Hua Liu

Affiliations Department of Hepatology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Artificial Cells, Tianjin, China

Ying Liu

Affiliations Department of Hepatology, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Artificial Cells, Tianjin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH. Performed the experiments: QZ YL. Analyzed the data: QZ YL TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QZ YL TH CYN JJC HL YL. Wrote the paper: QZ YL TH.