About the Authors

Jiawei Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiawei Liu, Wen Li

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Wen Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiawei Liu, Wen Li

Affiliation Laboratory of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Siwen Wang

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yidan Wu

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zilun Li

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Wenjian Wang

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ruiming Liu

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Jingsong Ou

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Chunxiang Zhang

shenmingwang@hotmail.com (SW); chunxiang_zhang@rush.edu (CZ)

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, Rush Medical College, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Shenming Wang

shenmingwang@hotmail.com (SW); chunxiang_zhang@rush.edu (CZ)

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL WL Shenming Wang YW ZL WW RL CZ. Performed the experiments: JL WL Siwen Wang YW ZL WW RL JO. Analyzed the data: JL WL Siwen Wang WW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW ZL. Wrote the paper: CZ Shenming Wang.