About the Authors

Yi Han

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi Han, Xiaozhen Li, Suming Zhou

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Xiaozhen Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi Han, Xiaozhen Li, Suming Zhou

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Suming Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi Han, Xiaozhen Li, Suming Zhou

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Guoliang Meng

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Yujiao Xiao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Wen Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Zhuoying Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Liping Xie

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Zhen Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Hui Lu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Yong Ji

yongji@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJ. Performed the experiments: YH XL SZ GM YX WZ ZW LX ZL HL. Analyzed the data: YH XL SZ GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH XL SZ GM YJ. Wrote the paper: YH GM YJ.