About the Authors

Lei Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Gao, Guo-jun Wu, Bei Liu, Ming-zhi Shen

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China, Department of Urology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China, Department of Urology, Wuhan General Hospital, Guangzhou Command PLA, Wuhan, China

Guo-jun Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Gao, Guo-jun Wu, Bei Liu, Ming-zhi Shen

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Bei Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Gao, Guo-jun Wu, Bei Liu, Ming-zhi Shen

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Ming-zhi Shen

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Gao, Guo-jun Wu, Bei Liu, Ming-zhi Shen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hainan Branch of PLA General Hospital, Sanya, China

Tie-jun Pan

Affiliation Department of Urology, Wuhan General Hospital, Guangzhou Command PLA, Wuhan, China

Chui-gong Yu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Armed Police General Hospital, Beijing, China

Qin-hao Wang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Yi Ru

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Xi-ping Liu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Tian-shui Niu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Guo-dong Wang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Ming Wei

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Rui-xiao Li

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Libo Yao

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

He Wang

lixia@fmmu.edu.cn (XL); dusxjhw@fmmu.edu.cn (HW)

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

Xia Li

lixia@fmmu.edu.cn (XL); dusxjhw@fmmu.edu.cn (HW)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG. Performed the experiments: GW BL MS. Analyzed the data: TP CY QW YR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL TN GDW MW RL. Wrote the manuscript: LG XL. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content and study supervision: HW. Study concept and design, obtained funding, critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content and study supervision: XL.