About the Authors

Si-Wen Chen

chensiwenfj@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, NanLou Clinic, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China

Ben-Yan Wu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, NanLou Clinic, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China

Shi-Ping Xu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, NanLou Clinic, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China

Ke-Xing Fan

Affiliation International Joint Cancer Institute, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Li Yan

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, NanLou Clinic, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China

Yuan Gong

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, NanLou Clinic, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China

Jun-Bao Wen

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, NanLou Clinic, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China

Dao-Hong Wu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, NanLou Clinic, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWC BYW SPX. Performed the experiments: SWC BYW SPX LY YG JBW DHW. Analyzed the data: SPX LY YG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWC KXF DHW. Wrote the paper: SWC SPX KXF DHW.