About the Authors

David van der Poorten

Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Mahsa Shahidi

Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Enoch Tay

Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Jayshree Sesha

Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Kayla Tran

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Duncan McLeod

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Jane S. Milliken

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Vikki Ho

Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Lionel W. Hebbard

Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Mark W. Douglas

Affiliations Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Jacob George

jacob.george@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

Dr. David van der Poorten, Mark Douglas and Jacob George have filed a provisional patent on their findings of the relationship between CB1 and the hepatitis C virus.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DvdP LWH MWD JG. Performed the experiments: DvdP MS ESET JS KT DM JSM VH. Analyzed the data: DvdP KT LWH MWD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWD. Wrote the paper: DvdP LWH MWD JG.