About the Authors

Ruxi Lv

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruxi Lv, Weiguang Qiao

Affiliations School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Weiguang Qiao

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruxi Lv, Weiguang Qiao

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Zhiyong Wu

Affiliation School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Yinjun Wang

Affiliation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Shixue Dai

Affiliation Emergency Department of Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Qiang Liu

lvrucy@126.com (QL); xuebaozheng1964@gmail.com (XBZ)

Affiliation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Xuebao Zheng

lvrucy@126.com (QL); xuebaozheng1964@gmail.com (XBZ)

Affiliations School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RXL WGQ XBZ. Performed the experiments: RXL ZYW QL. Analyzed the data: WGQ YJW SXD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZYW QL. Wrote the paper: RXL WGQ. Provided clinical advice: XBZ QL.