About the Authors

Tie Qiao

fqj1958@163.com

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nansha, Nansha, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Rui-hong Ma

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nansha, Nansha, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Xiao-bing Luo

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nansha, Nansha, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Liu-qing Yang

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nansha, Nansha, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Zhen-liang Luo

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nansha, Nansha, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Pei-ming Zheng

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Sixth People's Hospital of Nansha, Nansha, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TQ. Performed the experiments: RHM LQY ZLL. Analyzed the data: RHM XBL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LQY PMZ ZLL. Wrote the paper: RHM. Critical revision of the manuscript: RHM XBL LQY.