McNamara, Megan E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2591-0567
Jain, Sidharth S.
Oza, Kesha
Muralidaran, Vinona
Kiliti, Amber J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8581-6222
Patrick McDeed, A.
Patil, Digvijay
Cui, Yuki
Schmidt, Marcel O.
Riegel, Anna T.
Kroemer, Alexander
Wellstein, Anton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0570-4950
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (T32-CA009686, F30-CA250307, R01-CA231291, P30-CA51008)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01-AI132389)
Article History
Received: 19 April 2024
Accepted: 22 May 2025
First Online: 17 June 2025
Competing interests
: A.W., A.K., and M.E.M. are named as inventors on pending patent applications (U.S. Patent Application No. 18/291,113 and U.S. Patent Application No. 63/714,126) filed by Georgetown University, which cover the detection of liver damage using the methods described in this manuscript. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: All collaborators of this study have fulfilled the criteria for authorship required by Nature Portfolio journals and have been included as authors, as their participation was essential for the design and implementation of the study. Roles and responsibilities were agreed among collaborators ahead of the research. This work includes findings that are locally relevant, which have been determined in collaboration with local partners. This research was not severely restricted or prohibited in the setting of the researchers, and does not result in stigmatization, incrimination, discrimination or personal risk to participants.