About the Authors

Chi Chen

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Gui Yang

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Xiao-Rui Geng

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Xingpeng Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Zhanju Liu

yangp@mcmaster.ca (PCY); liuzhanju88@126.com (ZL)

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Ping-Chang Yang

yangp@mcmaster.ca (PCY); liuzhanju88@126.com (ZL)

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL PCY. Performed the experiments: CC GY XRG XW ZL. Analyzed the data: CC GY XRG XW ZL PCY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC GY XRG XW. Wrote the paper: PYC.