About the Authors

Hong Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong Zhao, Qinshan Li

Affiliation Department of Abdominal Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Qinshan Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong Zhao, Qinshan Li

Affiliation National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Jian Wang

Affiliation Department of Abdominal Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Xianwei Su

Affiliation Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Clinical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sir YK Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Ka Man Ng

Affiliation Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Clinical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sir YK Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Tian Qiu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Ling Shan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Yun Ling

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Linfang Wang

Affiliation National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Jianqiang Cai

jmying@hotmail.com (JY); caijianqiang188@sina.com (JC)

Affiliation Department of Abdominal Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Jianming Ying

jmying@hotmail.com (JY); caijianqiang188@sina.com (JC)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ JC JY. Performed the experiments: HZ QL JW XS KMN TQ. Analyzed the data: HZ JW JC JY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW LS YL. Wrote the paper: JW JY.