About the Authors

Masataka Tsuge

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yoshifumi Fujimoto

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima General Hospital, Hatsukaichi, Japan

Nobuhiko Hiraga

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yizhou Zhang

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Mayu Ohnishi

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Tomohiko Kohno

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Hiromi Abe

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Daiki Miki

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Laboratory for Liver Diseases, SNP Research Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Hiroshima, Japan

Michio Imamura

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Shoichi Takahashi

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Hidenori Ochi

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Laboratory for Liver Diseases, SNP Research Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Hiroshima, Japan

C. Nelson Hayes

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Fuyuki Miya

Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Informatics, SNP Research Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Yokohama, Japan

Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Informatics, SNP Research Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Yokohama, Japan

Kazuaki Chayama

chayama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Frontier Medical Science, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Liver Research Project Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Laboratory for Liver Diseases, SNP Research Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT YF NH MI ST KC. Performed the experiments: MT YF NH FM TT. Analyzed the data: MT YF YZ MO TK HA DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT NH MI FM TT KC. Wrote the paper: MT YF ST HO CNH KC.