About the Authors

Liang Peng

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

Xiuli Men

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology, North China Coal Medical University, Tangshan, China

Wenjian Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

Haiyan Wang

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Shiqing Xu

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

Qing Fang

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

Honglin Liu

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

Wenying Yang

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

Jinning Lou

Lou.j@mail.com

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL HW WY. Performed the experiments: LP WZ XM QF HL SX. Analyzed the data: LP JL XM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW JL. Wrote the paper: LP JL.