About the Authors

Hada C. Macher

Affiliation Dpt. of Clinical Biochemistry, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

Gonzalo Suárez-Artacho

Affiliation Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain

Juan M. Guerrero

Affiliation Dpt. of Clinical Biochemistry, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

Miguel A. Gómez-Bravo

Affiliation Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain

Sara Álvarez-Gómez

Affiliation Dpt. of Clinical Biochemistry, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

Carmen Bernal-Bellido

Affiliation Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain

Inmaculada Dominguez-Pascual

Affiliation Dpt. of Clinical Biochemistry, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

Amalia Rubio

amaliarubio@us.es

Affiliation Dpt. of Clinical Biochemistry, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR HCM GS JMG MAG. Performed the experiments: HCM SA GS ID CB. Analyzed the data: AR HCM GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR HCM. Wrote the paper: AR.