About the Authors

Fang Guo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Qiong Zhao

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Muhammad Sheraz

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology graduate program, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Junjun Cheng

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yonghe Qi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Qing Su

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Andrea Cuconati

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Arbutus Biopharma Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lai Wei

Roles Resources

Affiliation Hepatology Institute, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China

Yanming Du

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wenhui Li

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Jinhong Chang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ju-tao.guo@bblumberg.org (JTG); jinhong.chang@bblumberg.org (JC)

Affiliation Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ju-Tao Guo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ju-tao.guo@bblumberg.org (JTG); jinhong.chang@bblumberg.org (JC)

Affiliation Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

JTG holds stock and has received sponsored research fund from Arbutus Biopharma Inc. J Chang has received sponsored research fund from Arbutus Biopharma Inc.