About the Authors

Chan-Chan Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Chan-Chan Lin, Jing-Ping Zhou

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Jing-Ping Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Chan-Chan Lin, Jing-Ping Zhou

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Yun-Peng Liu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Jing-Jing Liu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Xiao-Ning Yang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Amarsanaa Jazag

Affiliation National Institute of Medical Research, 3rd General Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Zhi-Ping Zhang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Bayasi Guleng

bayasi8@gmail.com (BG); renjianl@xmu.edu.cn (JR)

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Jian-Lin Ren

bayasi8@gmail.com (BG); renjianl@xmu.edu.cn (JR)

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG JLR. Performed the experiments: CCL JPZ YPL JJL XNY ZPZ. Analyzed the data: YPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJ. Wrote the paper: CCL BG. Contributed comments and suggestions: JD JJL XNY.