About the Authors

Xiaofeng Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaofeng Chen, Yiqian Liu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yiqian Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaofeng Chen, Yiqian Liu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Oluf Dimitri Røe

Affiliations Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Cancer Clinic, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust, Levanger, Norway

Yingying Qian

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Renhua Guo

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Lingjun Zhu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yongmei Yin

ym.yin@hotmail.com (YMY) (YY); yongqianshu@126.com (YQS) (YS)

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yongqian Shu

ym.yin@hotmail.com (YMY) (YY); yongqianshu@126.com (YQS) (YS)

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XFC YMY YYQ YS. Performed the experiments: XFC YQL YYQ. Analyzed the data: XFC ODR LJZ RHG YMY YQS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XFC YQL YQS. Wrote the paper: XFC YQL ODR YYQ.