About the Authors

Renfan Xu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Shasha Zhang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Gene Therapy Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Anyu Tao

Affiliation Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Guangzhi Chen

mxzhangtjh@163.com (MZ); chengz2003@163.com (GC)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Gene Therapy Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Muxun Zhang

mxzhangtjh@163.com (MZ); chengz2003@163.com (GC)

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RX GC MZ. Performed the experiments: RX GC MZ. Analyzed the data: AT SZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT SZ. Wrote the paper: RX GC.