About the Authors

Chao Cheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Chao Cheng, Feng Wan

Affiliation Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Feng Wan

Contributed equally to this work with: Chao Cheng, Feng Wan

Affiliation Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Lian Liu

Affiliation Cancer Center of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Fuqing Zeng

Affiliation Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Shi'an Xing

Affiliation Central Laboratory of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Xiaofei Wu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Xuepan Chen

Affiliation Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Zhaohui Zhu

zhuzhaohui316@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC ZZ. Performed the experiments: FW CC SX. Analyzed the data: CC XW XC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FW LL. Wrote the paper: CC LL. Providing and collecting clinical specimens: FZ XW XC. Obtained permission for use of cell lines: SX FZ ZZ.