About the Authors

Xiaohong Gai

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Zhongtang Lu

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Kangsheng Tu

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Zheyong Liang

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Xin Zheng

xin.zheng.xjtu@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XHG XZ. Performed the experiments: XHG ZTL KST ZYL XZ. Analyzed the data: XHG XZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XHG ZTL KST ZYL XZ. Wrote the paper: XZ.