About the Authors

Ni Hou

Contributed equally to this work with: Ni Hou, Jia Han

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China

Jia Han

Contributed equally to this work with: Ni Hou, Jia Han

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China

Jie Li

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China

Yingxun Liu

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China

Yannan Qin

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China

Lei Ni

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China

Tusheng Song

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China

Chen Huang

hchen@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China, Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China, Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH TS. Performed the experiments: NH JH. Analyzed the data: NH JL YL YQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL LN. Wrote the paper: NH JH JL.