About the Authors
- Chunxiao Cai
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Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Department of Oral Pathology, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Hassan Ashktorab
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Cancer Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Xiaowu Pang
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Yuan Zhao
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Affiliation Department of Oral Pathology, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Wei Sha
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Affiliation Department of Oral Pathology, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Yulan Liu
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* E-mail: xgu@howard.edu (XG); liuyulan@pkuph.edu.cn (YL)
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Xinbin Gu
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* E-mail: xgu@howard.edu (XG); liuyulan@pkuph.edu.cn (YL)
Affiliations Department of Oral Pathology, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Cancer Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CC HA XG XP YL. Performed the experiments: CC YZ WS. Analyzed the data: CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XG HA YL. Wrote the paper: CC. Reviewed and revised manuscript: XG HA YL.