About the Authors

Xiaoyan Zhu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

Qian Li

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

Ruimin Chang

Affiliation Liver Cancer Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

Dong Yang

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Zongbing Song

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

Qulian Guo

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

Changsheng Huang

docthuang2005@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH QG. Performed the experiments: XZ QL RC DY ZS. Analyzed the data: XZ QL ZS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QL RC. Wrote the paper: CH QG.