About the Authors

Xuanfu Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xuanfu Xu, Bin Su

shuanfusky@aliyun.com (Xuanfu Xu); xuxr2000@gmail.com (Xiaorong Xu)

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Bin Su

Contributed equally to this work with: Xuanfu Xu, Bin Su

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, the Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Chuangao Xie

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Shumei Wei

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Yingqun Zhou

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Hua Liu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Weiqi Dai

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Ping Cheng

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Fan Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Xiaorong Xu

shuanfusky@aliyun.com (Xuanfu Xu); xuxr2000@gmail.com (Xiaorong Xu)

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Chuanyong Guo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Xuanfu Xu Xiaorong Xu CG. Performed the experiments: BS CX SW PC YZ WD Xiaorong Xu FW. Analyzed the data: Xuanfu Xu HL CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Xuanfu Xu CX SW. Wrote the paper: Xuanfu Xu.