About the Authors

Weiren Luo

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Secondary Clinical College, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, People's Republic of China, Cancer Research Institute, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Siyi Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Secondary Clinical College, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, People's Republic of China

Bailu Peng

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Yanfen Ye

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Xubin Deng

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Kaitai Yao

yao.kaitai@yahoo.cn

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KTY WRL. Performed the experiments: WRL. Analyzed the data: WRL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SYL YFY XBD BLP. Wrote the paper: WRL SYL.