About the Authors

Li-xia Tang

Affiliation Institute of Medical Research, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Rui-hua He

Affiliation Institute of Medical Research, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Guang Yang

Affiliation Institute of Medical Research, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Jia-ju Tan

Affiliation Institute of Medical Research, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Li Zhou

Affiliation Department of Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Xiao-ming Meng

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xiao Ru Huang

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Hui Yao Lan

hylan@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HYL J-JT GY. Performed the experiments: L-XT R-HH XRH LZ X-MM. Analyzed the data: L-XT R-HH XRH LZ X-MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XRH. Wrote the paper: L-XT HYL.