About the Authors

Xiaheng Deng

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaheng Deng, Yidong Cheng, Xiao Yang

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yidong Cheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaheng Deng, Yidong Cheng, Xiao Yang

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Xiao Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaheng Deng, Yidong Cheng, Xiao Yang

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Shuang Li

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Ruizhe Zhao

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Kang Liu

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Jinliang Liu

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Qiang Cao

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Chao Qin

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Pengfei Shao

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Xiaoxin Meng

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Jie Li

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Qiang Lu

doctorlvqiang@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Changjun Yin

Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CY QL QC. Performed the experiments: YC XY SL. Analyzed the data: J. Li XM PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CQ J. Liu KL. Wrote the paper: XD RZ.