About the Authors

Junhua Luo

Affiliation Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Qingqing Cai

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Wei Wang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command (Guangzhou Liuhuaqiao Hospital), Guangzhou, China

Hui Huang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Hong Zeng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Wang He

Affiliation Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Weixi Deng

Affiliation Lin Bai-xin Research Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Hao Yu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Eddie Chan

Affiliation Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Chi-fai NG

Affiliation Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Jian Huang

tianxinl@sina.com (TL); yehjn@yahoo.com.cn (JH)

Affiliation Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Tianxin Lin

tianxinl@sina.com (TL); yehjn@yahoo.com.cn (JH)

Affiliations Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Lin Bai-xin Research Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL JH. Performed the experiments: JL QC HZ. Analyzed the data: JL WW EC CN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WD WH HY HH. Wrote the paper: JL TL. Proof read and approved of final version: TL.