Xiao Liu, Sara Brin Rosenthal, Nairika Meshgin, Jacopo Baglieri, Sami G. Musallam, Karin Diggle, Kevin Lam, Raymond Wu, Stephanie Q. Pan, Yibu Chen, Ken Dorko, Sharon Presnell, Chris Benner, Mojgan Hosseini, Hidekazu Tsukamoto, David Brenner, Tatiana Kisseleva – 6 February 2020 – Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading cause of cirrhosis in the United States, which is characterized by extensive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins and formation of a fibrous scar. Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are the major source of collagen type 1 producing myofibroblasts in ALD fibrosis.