About the Authors

Tian Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Yang, Sheng-Yun Cai, Jin Zhang, Jun-Hua Lu

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Sheng-Yun Cai

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Yang, Sheng-Yun Cai, Jin Zhang, Jun-Hua Lu

Affiliation Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Jin Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Yang, Sheng-Yun Cai, Jin Zhang, Jun-Hua Lu

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Jun-Hua Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Yang, Sheng-Yun Cai, Jin Zhang, Jun-Hua Lu

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Chuan Lin

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Jian Zhai

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Meng-Chao Wu

fengshensmmu@gmail.com (FS); mengchao_wu@sina.com (MW)

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Feng Shen

fengshensmmu@gmail.com (FS); mengchao_wu@sina.com (MW)

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FS MW. Performed the experiments: TY SC J. Zhang JL. Analyzed the data: FS MW TY SC J. Zhang JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL J. Zhai. Wrote the paper: FS MW.