¹Department of Liver Diseases, The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Institute of Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security, Chiba, Japan
²Université Lyon 1, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Inserm, PaThLiv, UMR1350, Lyon, France
³The Lyon Hepatology Institute, IHU EVEREST, Lyon France
⁴Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; Hepatitis Research Center, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Corresponding author:  Ming-Lung Yu, Tel: +886-7-3121101 ext.7475, Fax: +886-7-3234553, 
Email: fish6069@gmail.com

Received: 17 July 2026   • Accepted: 18 July 2026