About the Authors
- Rui Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Shemin Lu
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Liesu Meng
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Zixin Min
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Juan Tian
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Robert K. Valenzuela
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Affiliation Arizona Health Science Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Tingwei Guo
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Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Lifang Tian
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Wenxiang Zhao
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Jie Ma
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* E-mail: majie.paper@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JM. Performed the experiments: RZ LM ZM. Analyzed the data: RKV TG JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RZ LT WZ. Wrote the paper: SL JM. Recruited, diagnosed and gathered patients: LM JT SL. Contributed to the collection and preparation of DNA samples: ZX WZ.