About the Authors

Jian-ning Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian-ning Chen, Na-na Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Na-na Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian-ning Chen, Na-na Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Ye Jiang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Da-yang Hui

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Zi-jin Wen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Hai-gang Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Yun-gang Ding

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Hong Du

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Guangzhou First Municipal People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Chun-kui Shao

chunkuishaock2011@163.com

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS JC NZ. Performed the experiments: JC NZ YJ DH ZW HL YD HD. Analyzed the data: JC NZ YJ CS. Wrote the paper: JC NZ YJ DH ZW HL YD HD CS.