About the Authors

Zhenbing Lv

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenbing Lv, Huichun Zou, Kaiwen Peng

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Department of General Surgery, Nanchong Central Hospital, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China

Huichun Zou

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenbing Lv, Huichun Zou, Kaiwen Peng

Affiliation Graduate School, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Kaiwen Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenbing Lv, Huichun Zou, Kaiwen Peng

Affiliation Graduate School, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Jianmei Wang

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Yi Ding

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou City, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Yuling Li

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Xiaoli Ren

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Feifei Wang

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Rui Chang

Affiliation Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Li Liang

dyq@fimmu.com (YD); redsnow007@hotmail.com (LL)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Yanqing Ding

dyq@fimmu.com (YD); redsnow007@hotmail.com (LL)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL Yanquing Ding. Performed the experiments: ZBL HCZ KWP YLL XLR RC. Analyzed the data: JMW FFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Yi Ding. Wrote the manuscript: ZBL LL.