About the Authors

Leina Lu

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Liang Zhou

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Eric Z. Chen

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Kun Sun

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Peiyong Jiang

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Lijun Wang

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xiaoxi Su

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Hao Sun

huating.wang@cuhk.edu.hk (HW); haosun@cuhk.edu.hk (HS)

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Huating Wang

huating.wang@cuhk.edu.hk (HW); haosun@cuhk.edu.hk (HS)

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese 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: HW HS. Performed the experiments: LL LZ LW. Analyzed the data: HS LL EZC KS PJ XS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL LZ LW HS LL EZC KS PJ. Wrote the paper: HW HS.