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Shakir Ali, Ph. D. Reader, Department of Biochemistry F/Sc., Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University) Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi 110 062 India sali@jamiahamdard. ac. in

Scott L. Friedman, M. D., Ph. D. Fishberg Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Liver Diseases Box 1123, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 1425 Madison Ave., Room 11-70C New York, NY 10029-6574 USA Scott. Friedman@mssm. edu

Derek A. Mann, Ph. D. Professor and Chair in Molecular Biology Head, Liver Research Group Southampton University Hospital Southampton, S016 6YD England UK dam2@soton. ac. uk