The Protection Conferred by HSD17B13 rs72613567 on Hepatic Fibrosis Is Likely Mediated by Lowering Ballooning and Portal Inflammation

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
• ² Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
• ³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California.
• ⁴ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Electronic address: nchalasa@iu.edu.