About the Authors

Liang Han

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Qingyong Ma

qyma56@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Junhui Li

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Han Liu

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Wei Li

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Guodong Ma

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Qinhong Xu

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Shuang Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Erxi Wu

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QM LH EW. Performed the experiments: LH GM HL WL. Analyzed the data: LH JL QM SZ EW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QM JL EW. Wrote the paper: LH QM QX SZ EW. Obtained permission for use of cell line: EW.