About the Authors

Zhao-Yan Jiang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhao-Yan Jiang, Xia Sheng

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Xia Sheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhao-Yan Jiang, Xia Sheng

Current address: MLR IT Informatics, Merck & Co. Inc, Beijing, China

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Center of Service Science, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China

Chen-Ying Xu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Wei-Wei Li

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Xian-Xing Chang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Lu-Ying Sun

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Xiao-Bo Yang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Li-Fen Yu

yu-lifen@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZYJ LFY. Performed the experiments: ZYJ XS CYX WWL XXC LYS XBY LFY. Analyzed the data: ZYJ XS LFY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZYJ LFY. Wrote the paper: ZYJ XS LFY.