About the Authors

Mamun Al Mahtab

Contributed equally to this work with: Mamun Al Mahtab, Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar

Contributed equally to this work with: Mamun Al Mahtab, Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

sheikhmohammadfazle@gmail.com, sheikh.akbar_mohammad_fazle@m.ehime-u.ac.jp

Current address: Department of Pathology, Ehime University Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Toshiba General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Julio Cesar Aguilar

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Research, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba

Gerardo Guillen

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Research, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba

Euduaro Penton

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Research, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba

Angela Tuero

Roles Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Research, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba

Osamu Yoshida

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Yoichi Hiasa

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Morikazu Onji

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Sai Sei Kai Imabari Hospital, Imabari, Japan

Competing Interests

This study was partly funded by the Clinical Research Organization Bangladesh. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.