About the Authors

Magdalena Filipowicz

Affiliations Hepatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Christine Bernsmeier

Affiliations Hepatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Luigi Terracciano

Affiliation Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Francois H. T. Duong

Affiliation Hepatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Markus H. Heim

markus.heim@unibas.ch

Affiliations Hepatology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF CB LT FHTD MHH. Performed the experiments: MF CB LT FHTD MHH. Analyzed the data: MF CB LT FHTD MHH. Wrote the paper: MF MHH.