About the Authors

Fan Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Yang, Tianpeng Zheng

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, P. R. China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guangxi, P. R. China

Tianpeng Zheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Yang, Tianpeng Zheng

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, P. R. China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guangxi, P. R. China

Yun Gao

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, P. R. China

Attit Baskota

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, P. R. China

Tao Chen

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, P. R. China

Xingwu Ran

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, P. R. China

Haoming Tian

w19831120@126.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT XR. Performed the experiments: YG TC TZ. Analyzed the data: FY TZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB. Wrote the paper: FY TZ.