title: Reply.
authors.affiliation: Wallenberg Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aghemo
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Section Hepatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.affiliation: Hepatology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stickel
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine and Metabolic Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, and Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valenti
mesh_terms: D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins