About the Authors

Jie Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Yang, Jia-yi Zhang, Jing Chen

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jia-yi Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Yang, Jia-yi Zhang, Jing Chen

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jing Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Yang, Jia-yi Zhang, Jing Chen

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yang Xu

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ning-hong Song

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Chang-jun Yin

drcjyin@163.com

Affiliation Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY CJY. Performed the experiments: JC NHS YX. Analyzed the data: JYZ JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY. Wrote the paper: JYZ JY.