About the Authors

Jian Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Zhou, Yifei Mo

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai, China

Yifei Mo

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Zhou, Yifei Mo

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai, China

Hong Li

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Xingwu Ran

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Wenying Yang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

Qiang Li

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Yongde Peng

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated First People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China

Yanbing Li

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Xin Gao

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fudan University Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China

Xiaojun Luan

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First People’s Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China

Weiqing Wang

Affiliation Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Weiping Jia

wpjia@sjtu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JZ YM HL XR WY QL YP YL XG XL WW WJ. Performed the experiments: JZ YM HL XR WY QL YP YL XG XL WW WJ. Analyzed the data: JZ YM WJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZ YM HL XR WY QL YP YL XG XL WW WJ. Wrote the paper: JZ YM WJ.