About the Authors

Hong-Bo Guan

hong_bo_guan@163.com

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Lang Wu

Affiliation Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Qi-Jun Wu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Jingjing Zhu

Affiliation Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Tingting Gong

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H-BG LW Q-JW J-JZ T-TG. Performed the experiments: H-BG LW Q-JW. Analyzed the data: H-BG Q-JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H-BG LW Q-JW J-JZ T-TG. Wrote the paper: H-BG. Approved the final manuscript: H-BG LW Q-JW J-JZ T-TG. Had full access to all of the data and the final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication: H-BG.