About the Authors
- Christian M. Lange
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* E-mail: lange_christian1@yahoo.de
Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Medizinische Klinik 1, Klinikum der J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Frankfurt a.M., Germany
- Daiki Miki
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Affiliations Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN, Hiroshima, Japan, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
- Hidenori Ochi
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Affiliations Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN, Hiroshima, Japan, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
- Hans-Dieter Nischalke
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Jörg Bojunga
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik 1, Klinikum der J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Frankfurt a.M., Germany
- Stéphanie Bibert
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Affiliation Service of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Kenichi Morikawa
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Jérôme Gouttenoire
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Andreas Cerny
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Affiliation Liver Unit, Ospedale Moncucco, Lugano, Switzerland
- Jean-François Dufour
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Affiliation University Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
- Meri Gorgievski-Hrisoho
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Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
- Markus H. Heim
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Raffaele Malinverni
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Affiliation Hôpital Neuchâtelois, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Beat Müllhaupt
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Francesco Negro
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- David Semela
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Zoltan Kutalik
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Tobias Müller
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Hepatologie und Gastroenterologie, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
- Ulrich Spengler
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Thomas Berg
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Affiliation Sektion Hepatologie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Gastroenterologie und Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Kazuaki Chayama
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Affiliations Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN, Hiroshima, Japan, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
- Darius Moradpour
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Pierre-Yves Bochud
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Affiliation Service of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- the Hiroshima Liver Study Group
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¶The members of the Hiroshima Liver Study Group are listed in http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/naika1/e/research_profile/pdf/liver_study_group_e.pdf
- the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Group
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¶‡ The members of the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Group are provided in the Acknowledgments
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CML ZK D. Moradpour PYB. Performed the experiments: CML D. Miki HO HDN JB SB AC JFD MG MHH RM BM FN DS ZK US TM TB KC D. Moradpour PYB. Analyzed the data: CML KM HO KM JG ZK KC D. Moradpour PYB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CML D. Miki HO HDN JB SB AC JFD MG MHH RM BM FN DS ZK US TM TB KC D. Moradpour PYB. Wrote the paper: CML D. Miki HO HDN JB SB KM JG AC JFD MG MHH RM BM FN DS ZK TM US TB KC D. Moradpour PYB.