About the Authors

Hong-Xin Piao

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong-Xin Piao, Ai-Ting Yang

Affiliations Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin, China

Ai-Ting Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong-Xin Piao, Ai-Ting Yang

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ya-Meng Sun

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yuan-Yuan Kong

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Xiao-Ning Wu

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ying-Zhe Zhang

Affiliation Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin, China

Bo Ding

Affiliation Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin, China

Bao-En Wang

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ji-Dong Jia

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Hong You

youhong30@sina.com

Affiliation Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HXP, ATY, BEW, JDJ, HY. Performed the experiments: HXP, ATY, YMS, YZZ, BD. Analyzed the data: HXP, ATY, YYK, XNW. Wrote the manuscript: HXP, ATY.