About the Authors

Xiaolong Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaolong Zhao, Lili Chen

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Lili Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaolong Zhao, Lili Chen

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Ling Li

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Yao Wang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Yong Wang

Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Linuo Zhou

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Fangfang Zeng

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Yiming Li

yimingli@fudan.edu.cn (YL) (YL); hsliuhong@126.com (HL) (HL)

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Renming Hu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Hong Liu

yimingli@fudan.edu.cn (YL) (YL); hsliuhong@126.com (HL) (HL)

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC XZ YL HL. Performed the experiments: LC LL Yao Wang Yong Wang RH LZ. Analyzed the data: LC FZ XZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC FZ LL Yao Wang Yong Wang. Wrote the paper: LC.