About the Authors

Kiyoshi Migita

migita@nmc.hosp.go.jp

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Minoru Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Seigo Abiru

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Yuka Jiuchi

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Shinya Nagaoka

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Atsumasa Komori

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Satoru Hashimoto

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Shigemune Bekki

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Kazumi Yamasaki

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Tatsuji Komatsu

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Masaaki Shimada

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Hiroshi Kouno

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Taizo Hijioka

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Motoyuki Kohjima

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Makoto Nakamuta

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Michio Kato

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Kaname Yoshizawa

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Hajime Ohta

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Yoko Nakamura

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Eiichi Takezaki

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Hideo Nishimura

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Takeaki Sato

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Keisuke Ario

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Noboru Hirashima

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Yukio Oohara

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Atsushi Naganuma

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Toyokichi Muro

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Hironori Sakai

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Eiji Mita

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Kazuhiro Sugi

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Haruhiro Yamashita

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Fujio Makita

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Hiroshi Yatsuhashi

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Hiromi Ishibashi

Affiliation NHO-AIH Study Group, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Michio Yasunami

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM M. Nakamura H. Yatsuhashi HI. Performed the experiments: YJ MY. Analyzed the data: KM M. Nakamura MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA SN AK SH SB K. Yamasaki TK MS HK TH M. Kohjima M. Nakamuta M. Kato K. Yoshizawa HO YN ET HN TS KA NH YO AN TM HS EM KS H. Yamashita FM. Wrote the paper: KM M. Nakamura MY HI.