About the Authors

Qi Zhan

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology, Guangzhou First Municipal People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Yaping Fang

Affiliation Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Yuqi He

Affiliation Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis Health Systems, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Hui-Xin Liu

Affiliation Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis Health Systems, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Jianwen Fang

Affiliation Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan

yjywan@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology, Guangzhou First Municipal People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis Health Systems, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QZ YYW. Performed the experiments: QZ YH HL. Analyzed the data: QZ YF YH JF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QZ YF YH. Wrote the paper: QZ YYW.