About the Authors

Kin Pong Tao

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Sze Wan Fong

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Zhihong Lu

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Yick Pang Ching

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Kin Wang Chan

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Siu Yuen Chan

sychan@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KPT YPC SYC. Performed the experiments: KPT SWF ZL KWC SYC. Analyzed the data: KPT SWF YPC SYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YPC SYC. Wrote the paper: KPT SYC.