About the Authors

Huanming Xiao

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Hepatology Department, Guangdong provincial hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Meijie Shi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Hepatology Department, Guangdong provincial hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yubao Xie

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Hepatology Department, Guangdong provincial hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xiaoling Chi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

chixiaolingqh@163.com

Affiliation Hepatology Department, Guangdong provincial hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.