About the Authors

Yuzhi Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China

Haiyan Zhang

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, Experimental Center of Science and Research, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Liver Injury and Digestive System Neoplasms, Provincial Committee of the Medical and Health, Taiyuan, China

Lixin Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

lixinliu6@sxmu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, Experimental Center of Science and Research, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Liver Injury and Digestive System Neoplasms, Provincial Committee of the Medical and Health, Taiyuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.