About the Authors

Dan Zhang

Affiliations Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Laboratory of Digestive Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Bin Zhou

Affiliation Laboratory of Digestive Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Yuan Li

Affiliation Laboratory of Digestive Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Mojin Wang

Affiliations Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Laboratory of Digestive Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Cun Wang

Affiliations Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Laboratory of Digestive Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Zongguang Zhou

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Affiliations Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Laboratory of Digestive Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Xiaofeng Sun

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, County Council of Östergötland, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DZ YL X-FS Z-GZ. Performed the experiments: DZ BZ. Analyzed the data: DZ M-JW CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DZ BZ YL. Wrote the paper: DZ.