About the Authors

Xin Long

Affiliations Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei province, China, Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Qian Chen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei province, China

Jianping Zhao

Affiliation Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei province, China

Nicholas Rafaels

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Priyanka Mathias

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Huifang Liang

Affiliation Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei province, China

Joseph Potee

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Monica Campbell

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Bixiang Zhang

Affiliation Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei province, China

Li Gao

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Steve N. Georas

Affiliation University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Donata Vercelli

Affiliation Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Terri H. Beaty

Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ingo Ruczinski

Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Rasika Mathias

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kathleen C. Barnes

kbarnes@jhmi.edu (KCB); chenxp@medmail.com.cn (XPC)

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Xiaoping Chen

kbarnes@jhmi.edu (KCB); chenxp@medmail.com.cn (XPC)

Affiliation Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KCB QC XPC BXZ XL. Performed the experiments: XL JPZ PM HFL MC JP. Analyzed the data: XL NR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KCB XPC HFL BXZ. Wrote the paper: XL. Critical revision: QC KCB RM NR LG IR SNG DV THB.