About the Authors

Edmondo Falleti

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Pathology Clinical and Experimental, Medical Liver Transplantation Unit, Internal Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Sara Cmet

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Pathology Clinical and Experimental, Medical Liver Transplantation Unit, Internal Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Carlo Fabris

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Pathology Clinical and Experimental, Medical Liver Transplantation Unit, Internal Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Giovanna Fattovich

Affiliation Gastroenterology Clinic, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Annarosa Cussigh

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Pathology Clinical and Experimental, Medical Liver Transplantation Unit, Internal Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Davide Bitetto

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Pathology Clinical and Experimental, Medical Liver Transplantation Unit, Internal Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Elisa Ceriani

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Novara, Italy

Ilaria Lenisa

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Pathology Clinical and Experimental, Medical Liver Transplantation Unit, Internal Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Denis Dissegna

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Pathology Clinical and Experimental, Medical Liver Transplantation Unit, Internal Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Donatella Ieluzzi

Affiliation Gastroenterology Clinic, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Anna Rostello

Affiliation Gastroenterology Clinic, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Mario Pirisi

Affiliations Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Novara, Italy, Interdepartmental Research Centre for Autoimmune Diseases (IRCAD), Novara, Italy

Pierluigi Toniutto

pierluigi.toniutto@uniud.it

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Pathology Clinical and Experimental, Medical Liver Transplantation Unit, Internal Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PT AC EF SC CF. Performed the experiments: EF SC CF. Analyzed the data: AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF DB EC IL DD DI AR MP. Wrote the manuscript: EF SC PT CF.