About the Authors

Xiao Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Zhu, Lianzhou Chen, Wenguo Fan

bioxzhu@yahoo.com (XZ); lidp@mail.sysu.edu.cn (DL)

Affiliations Cancer Institute, Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, China

Lianzhou Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Zhu, Lianzhou Chen, Wenguo Fan

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Wenguo Fan

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Zhu, Lianzhou Chen, Wenguo Fan

Affiliation Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Marie C. M. Lin

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Linwei Tian

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Min Wang

Affiliation Cancer Institute, Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Sheng Lin

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Zifeng Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Jinfang Zhang

Affiliation Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Li Ka Shing Institute of Medical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Jinlong Wang

Affiliation Cancer Institute, Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Hong Yao

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Li Ka Shing Institute of Medical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Hsiangfu Kung

Affiliation Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Li Ka Shing Institute of Medical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Dongpei Li

bioxzhu@yahoo.com (XZ); lidp@mail.sysu.edu.cn (DL)

Affiliation Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ DL. Performed the experiments: XZ DL LC WF SL ZW. Analyzed the data: XZ DL LT JZ HY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ DL MW JW. Wrote the paper: XZ DL MCML HK.