About the Authors

Jin-Hang Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Jin-Hang Gao, Shi-Lei Wen

Affiliations Division of Peptides Related with Human Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Shi-Lei Wen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jin-Hang Gao, Shi-Lei Wen

Affiliations Division of Peptides Related with Human Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Wen-Juan Yang

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

Yao-Yao Lu

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

Huan Tong

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

Zhi-Yin Huang

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

Zhang-Xu Liu

Affiliation Research Center for Liver Diseases, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Cheng-Wei Tang

shcqcdmed@163.com

Affiliations Division of Peptides Related with Human Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWT. Performed the experiments: JHG SLW WJY YYL. Analyzed the data: HT ZYH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT ZYH. Wrote the paper: JHG ZXL CWT.