About the Authors
- Sohela Shah
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sohela Shah, Ukina R. Sanford
Affiliations UCSF Liver Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Ukina R. Sanford
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sohela Shah, Ukina R. Sanford
Affiliations UCSF Liver Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Julie C. Vargas
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Current address: F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
Affiliations UCSF Liver Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Hongmei Xu
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Current address: Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
Affiliations UCSF Liver Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Annamiek Groen
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Affiliation Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Coen C. Paulusma
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Affiliation Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- James P. Grenert
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Affiliations UCSF Liver Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Ludmila Pawlikowska
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Affiliations Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Saunak Sen
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Affiliations UCSF Liver Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Ronald P. J. Oude Elferink
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Affiliation Academic Medical Center, Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Laura N. Bull
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* E-mail: lbull@medsfgh.ucsf.edu
Affiliations UCSF Liver Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
One co-author has what might be considered a possible competing interest, in that she now works in industry: Ms. Julie Vargas, who worked on the studies reported here as a staff research associate (technician) in Dr. Bull's laboratory, now works at F. Hoffmann-La Roche, ltd. In Basel, Switerland. No other competing interest are present.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AG CP LP SS ROE LNB. Performed the experiments: URS JCV HX AG CP JPG ROE LNB. Analyzed the data: SS JPG SS LNB. Wrote the paper: SS URS AG CP JPG LP SS ROE LNB. Proofread the manuscript: JCV. Reviewed the manuscript: HX.