About the Authors

Zheng Luo

Affiliations Department of Geriatric Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Huimin Liu

Affiliation Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology of Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Yantai, Shandong, China

Xiaomeng Sun

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Rong Guo

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Ruibing Cui

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Xiangxing Ma

address: ymylh@163.com (MY); maxiangxing@yahoo.com (XM)

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Ming Yan

address: ymylh@163.com (MY); maxiangxing@yahoo.com (XM)

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL HML MY XXM. Performed the experiments: ZL HML XMS RG RBC. Analyzed the data: ZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZL MY XXM. Wrote the paper: ZL.