About the Authors

Zong-Tao Chai

Contributed equally to this work with: Zong-Tao Chai, Jian Kong

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Jian Kong

Contributed equally to this work with: Zong-Tao Chai, Jian Kong

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Capital Medical University, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China

Xiao-Dong Zhu

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Yuan-Yuan Zhang

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Lu Lu

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Jia-Min Zhou

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Long-Rong Wang

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Ke-Zhi Zhang

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Qiang-Bo Zhang

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Jian-Yang Ao

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Capital Medical University, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China

Miao Wang

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Wei-Zhong Wu

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Lu Wang

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Zhao-You Tang

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Hui-Chuan Sun

sun.huichuan@zs-hospital.sh.cn

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCS ZTC JK. Performed the experiments: ZTC JK XDZ YYZ. Analyzed the data: ZTC JK XDZ HCS YYZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZTC JK XDZ HCS YYZ. Wrote the manuscript: HCS ZTC JK. Conceived the study and participated in its design and coordination: WZW LW ZYT HCS. Participated in the experiments: LL JMZ LRW KZZ QBZ JYA MW..