About the Authors

Guiyang Jiang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Yan Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Shundong Dai

Affiliation Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Yang Liu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Maggie Stoecker

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Endi Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Enhua Wang

wangeh@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: G-YJ S-DD E-HW. Performed the experiments: G-YJ S-DD YW. Analyzed the data: G-YJ YL EW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: G-YJ YW. Wrote the paper: G-YJ EW MS E-HW.