About the Authors

Zhi Chen

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Peng Zhou

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhong-Qing Yang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Yang Li

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Yan-Cheng Luo

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Yao He

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Nan-Nan Li

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Chao-Qun Xie

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Chen Lai

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Xiao-Long Fang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Xiang Chen

cxiang1007@126.com

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XC. Performed the experiments: ZC PZ ZQY YL YCL YH NNL CQX CL XLF XC. Analyzed the data: YCL YH NNL CQX CL XLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YCL YH NNL CQX CL XLF. Wrote the paper: ZC XC.