About the Authors

Michelina Nascimbeni

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France, Institut Cochin, UMR8104 of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientific (CNRS), Paris, France, U1016 of the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), Paris, France

Stanislas Pol

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France, Institut Cochin, UMR8104 of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientific (CNRS), Paris, France, U1016 of the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), Paris, France, Hepatology Unit of Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France

Bertrand Saunier

bertrand.saunier@inserm.fr

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France, Institut Cochin, UMR8104 of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientific (CNRS), Paris, France, U1016 of the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), Paris, France

Competing Interests

MN was a recipient of a fellowship from Roche. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN BS. Performed the experiments: MN. Analyzed the data: MN SP BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP. Wrote the paper: BS.