About the Authors

Yun Cui

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun Cui, Wen-Yu Su

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Wen-Yu Su

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun Cui, Wen-Yu Su

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Jing Xing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Ying-Chao Wang

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Ping Wang

Affiliation GI Division, No.9 People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Xiao-Yu Chen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Zhi-Yong Shen

Affiliation GI Surgical Division, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

Hui Cao

Affiliation GI Surgical Division, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

You-Yong Lu

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Beijing Institute for Cancer Research, School of Oncology, Peking University, Hai-Dian District, Beijing, China

Jing-Yuan Fang

jingyuanfang@yahoo.com

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC WYS JX YYL JYF. Performed the experiments: YC WYS. Analyzed the data: YC WYS JX YCW PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PW XYC ZYS HC. Wrote the paper: YC WYS JX JYF.