About the Authors

Wen-Juei Jeng

Affiliations Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Yen Lin

Affiliations Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ji-Yih Chen

Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chang-Wen Huang

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chien-Hao Huang

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

I-Shyan Sheen

issheen.jks@gmail.com

Affiliations Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYL ISS JYC. Performed the experiments: CYL ISS JYC. Analyzed the data: CWH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISS CYL JYC. Wrote the paper: WJJ. Revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: WJJ CHH.