About the Authors

Jin-Xiang Tan

Affiliations Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xiao-Yi Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-Yi Wang, Xin-Liang Su

Affiliations Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xin-Liang Su

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-Yi Wang, Xin-Liang Su

Affiliations Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Hong-Yuan Li

Affiliations Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yuan Shi

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Liang Wang

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, the First Hospital of Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, China

Guo-Sheng Ren

rgs_726@163.com

Affiliations Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Molecular Oncology and Epigenetics Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JXT GSR. Performed the experiments: JXT XYW XLS HYL YS LW. Analyzed the data: JXT XYW XLS HYL GSR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JXT XYW YS LW. Wrote the paper: JXT GSR.