About the Authors

Xiao Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Li, Jun-Jie Li, Jing-Yue Yang

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Jun-Jie Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Li, Jun-Jie Li, Jing-Yue Yang

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Jing-Yue Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Li, Jun-Jie Li, Jing-Yue Yang

Affiliation Department of Clinical Oncology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

De-Sheng Wang

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Wei Zhao

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Wen-Jie Song

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Wei-Min Li

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Jian-Feng Wang

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Wei Han

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Zhuo-Chao Zhang

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Yong Yu

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Da-Yong Cao

gdwkgwx@fmmu.edu.cn (K-FD); caody777@sina.com (D-YC)

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Ke-Feng Dou

gdwkgwx@fmmu.edu.cn (K-FD); caody777@sina.com (D-YC)

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: K-FD D-YC. Performed the experiments: XL D-SW WZ W-JS W-ML J-FW WH Z-CZ YY. Analyzed the data: J-JL J-YY. Wrote the paper: K-FD.