About the Authors

Shu-Mei Yan

Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Mei Yan, Jian-Jun Tang, Chun-Yu Huang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China and Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Jian-Jun Tang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Mei Yan, Jian-Jun Tang, Chun-Yu Huang

Affiliation Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Chun-Yu Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Mei Yan, Jian-Jun Tang, Chun-Yu Huang

Affiliation Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Shao-Yan Xi

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China and Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Ma-Yan Huang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China and Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Jian-Zhong Liang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China and Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Yuan-Xue Jiang

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Yu-Hong Li

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Zhi-Wei Zhou

Affiliation Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Ingemar Ernberg

Affiliation Department of Microbiolgy, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Qiu-Liang Wu

duzm@sysucc.org.cn (Z-MD); wuql@sysucc.org.cn (Q-LW)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China and Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Zi-Ming Du

duzm@sysucc.org.cn (Z-MD); wuql@sysucc.org.cn (Q-LW)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China and Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Competing Interests

One of the co-authors, Ingemar Ernberg, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZMD QLW IE. Performed the experiments: SMY JJT CYH MYH JZL SYX. Analyzed the data: SMY JJT CYH YXJ YHL QLW ZWZ ZMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZMD QLW YHL IE. Wrote the paper: ZMD SMY.