About the Authors

Chen Xie

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Xie, Yurong Tang

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

Yurong Tang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen Xie, Yurong Tang

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

Yunfeng Wang

Affiliation Library of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Ting Yu

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

Yun Wang

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

Liuqin Jiang

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

Lin Lin

lin9100@aliyun.com

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL. Performed the experiments: CX YT. Analyzed the data: CX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Yunfeng Wang TY. Wrote the paper: CX YT. Proofread this article: Yun Wang LJ.