About the Authors

Jian Kong

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Kong, Jinge Kong

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, West Campus, Capital Medical University, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jinge Kong

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Kong, Jinge Kong

Affiliation The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Institute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Bing Pan

Affiliation The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Institute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Shan Ke

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, West Campus, Capital Medical University, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Shuying Dong

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, West Campus, Capital Medical University, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Xiuli Li

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Aimin Zhou

Affiliation Clinical Chemistry Program, Department Of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Lemin Zheng

wb.sun@yahoo.com.cn (WS); zhengl@bjmu.edu.cn (LZ)

Affiliation The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Institute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Wen-bing Sun

wb.sun@yahoo.com.cn (WS); zhengl@bjmu.edu.cn (LZ)

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, West Campus, Capital Medical University, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Jian Kong Jinge Kong WS LZ SK AZ XL. Performed the experiments: Jian Kong Jinge Kong SD. Analyzed the data: Jian Kong Jinge Kong BP XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ WS. Wrote the paper: Jian Kong Jinge Kong WS LZ.