About the Authors

Liang Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Liang Zhou, Jiahao Chen, Zhizhong Li, Xianxin Li

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Jiahao Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Liang Zhou, Jiahao Chen, Zhizhong Li, Xianxin Li

Affiliations Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

Zhizhong Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Liang Zhou, Jiahao Chen, Zhizhong Li, Xianxin Li

Affiliations Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

Xianxin Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Liang Zhou, Jiahao Chen, Zhizhong Li, Xianxin Li

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Xueda Hu

Affiliations Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Yi Huang

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Xiaokun Zhao

Affiliation Department of Urosurgery, The Second Hospital of Central-Southern University, Changsha, China

Chaozhao Liang

Affiliation Department of Urosurgery, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Yong Wang

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Liang Sun

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Min Shi

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Xiaohong Xu

Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Feng Shen

Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Maoshan Chen

Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Zujing Han

Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Zhiyu Peng

Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Qingna Zhai

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Jing Chen

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Zhongfu Zhang

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Ruilin Yang

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Jiongxian Ye

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Zhichen Guan

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Huanming Yang

Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Yaoting Gui

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Jun Wang

Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Zhiming Cai

zhangxq@genomics.org.cn (XZ); caizhiming2000@yahoo.com.cn (ZC)

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, China

Xiuqing Zhang

zhangxq@genomics.org.cn (XZ); caizhiming2000@yahoo.com.cn (ZC)

Affiliation Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ JH ZL XL XH ZC X. Zhang HY. Performed the experiments: LZ XH MS XX FS QZ. Analyzed the data: Jiahao Chen ZL YH MC ZH ZP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL X. Zhao CL YW LS Jing Chen ZZ RY JY ZG. Wrote the paper: LZ Jiahao Chen ZL XH. Designed the project and gave final approval of the version to be published: LZ YG JW ZC X. Zhang HY.