About the Authors

Tie Qiao

fqj1958@163.com

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Second People’s Hospital of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Rui-hong Ma

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Second People’s Hospital of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Xiao-bing Luo

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Second People’s Hospital of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Zhen-liang Luo

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Second People’s Hospital of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Pei-ming Zheng

Affiliations Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Laboratory of Gallbladder Diseases, The Second People’s Hospital of Panyu, Panyu, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TQ. Performed the experiments: RHM. Analyzed the data: XBL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMZ ZLL. Wrote the paper: RHM.