About the Authors

Jiangchao Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiangchao Li, Xiaodong Li

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Vascular Biology Research Institute, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China

Xiaodong Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiangchao Li, Xiaodong Li

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

Yan Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

Hong Yang

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

Lijing Wang

Affiliation Vascular Biology Research Institute, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China

Yanru Qin

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

Haibo Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

Li Fu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xin-Yuan Guan

xyguan@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Clinical Oncology, The 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: JL XYG. Performed the experiments: JL XL. Analyzed the data: JL XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL HY LW YRQ HL LF. Wrote the paper: JL XYG.