1. College of Medicine and Biological Information Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
2. Liver Cirrhosis Study Group, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China
3. Department of Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutis, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China
4. Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
5. Internal Medicine Department, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
6. Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico