About the Authors
- Mei Li
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Affiliation Central Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China
- Qiuping Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, The First Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China
- Lina Liu
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, The First Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China
- Weipeng Lu
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Affiliation Central Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China
- Hong Wei
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Affiliation Central Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China
- Rachel W. Li
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Affiliation Medical School, The Australian Medical University, Canberra, Australia
- Shen Lu
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* E-mail: lvshen1956@126.com
Affiliation Central Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, PR China
Competing Interests
This work was supported by the National Nature Science Funds in China (Fund No. 81071805) and Dalian Merricon Gene Diagnosis Technology Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ML SL. Performed the experiments: ML WL HW. Analyzed the data: ML SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML QZ LL SL. Wrote the manuscript: ML SL RWL.