About the Authors

Hironori Koga

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Orkhontuya Tsedensodnom

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Yoshito Tomimaru

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Evan J. Walker

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Han Chu Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Kang Mo Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Hirohisa Yano

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan

Jack R. Wands

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Miran Kim

Miran_Kim@brown.edu

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK MK. Performed the experiments: HK OT YT EJW MK. Analyzed the data: HK OT YT MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCL JWR KMK HY. Wrote the paper: HK JRW MK.