About the Authors

Daxu Li

Current address: Bureau of Health of Ordos Municipality, Inner Mongolia, China

Affiliation Paediatric Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Julia Y. S. Tsang

Affiliation Paediatric Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Jiao Peng

Affiliation Paediatric Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Derek H. H. Ho

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Yee Kwan Chan

Affiliation School of Biological Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Jiang Zhu

Affiliation Paediatric Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Vincent C. H. Lui

Affiliation Paediatric Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Aimin Xu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Jonathan R. Lamb

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Paul K. H. Tam

ychenc@hku.hk (YC); paultam@hku.hk (PT)

Affiliation Paediatric Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Yan Chen

ychenc@hku.hk (YC); paultam@hku.hk (PT)

Affiliations Paediatric Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL JL PT YC. Performed the experiments: DL JYST JP DH YKC JZ VL. Analyzed the data: DL JYST JL PT YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AX VL. Wrote the paper: DL JYST JL PT YC.