About the Authors

Xiangyi Kong

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiangyi Kong, XiaoFeng Xu

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

XiaoFeng Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiangyi Kong, XiaoFeng Xu

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Yuhua Yan

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Feifei Guo

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Jian Li

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Yali Hu

Affiliations Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, Reproductive Medicine Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Huaijun Zhou

zhouhj2007@126.com (HZ); xqyzhou@126.com (QX)

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

Qingying Xun

zhouhj2007@126.com (HZ); xqyzhou@126.com (QX)

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Medical College, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ QX. Performed the experiments: XK. Analyzed the data: XFX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY FG JL. Wrote the paper: XK. Revised manuscript: XK XFX. Checked the manuscript: YH HZ QX.