About the Authors

Qilin Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Qilin Liu, Sheyu Li

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Sheyu Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Qilin Liu, Sheyu Li

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Heng Quan

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Jianwei Li

jerryli678@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL. Performed the experiments: QL SL HQ. Analyzed the data: QL SL HQ. Wrote the paper: QL SL.