About the Authors

Mei Li

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Yan Li

Affiliation Department of Laboratory, People's Hospital, Hubei Province, Wuhan, China

Weimin Deng

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, China

Zhenlin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Zhongliang Deng

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yingying Hu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Weibo Xia

xiaweibo@medmail.com.cn (WX); xuling@pumch.cn (LX)

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Ling Xu

xiaweibo@medmail.com.cn (WX); xuling@pumch.cn (LX)

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WX LX. Performed the experiments: ML YL WD ZZ ZD YH. Analyzed the data: ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML WX. Wrote the paper: ML.