About the Authors

Ling-Zhi Liu

Affiliations Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chongyong Li

Affiliation Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Qi Chen

Affiliation Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yi Jing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Richard Carpenter

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yue Jiang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hsiang-Fu Kung

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Lihui Lai

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Chemical Biology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Bing-Hua Jiang

binghjiang@yahoo.com

Affiliations Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BHJ LZL. Performed the experiments: LZL CL Y. Jing Y. Jiang RC LL. Analyzed the data: LZL QC HFK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HFK. Wrote the paper: LZL BHJ.