About the Authors

Jiancheng Xu

Affiliation The Department of Clinical Laboratory at the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China

Wei Xu

Affiliation The Department of Clinical Laboratory at the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China

Hanxin Yao

Affiliation The Department of Clinical Laboratory at the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China

Weixia Sun

Affiliation The Kosair Children Hospital Research Institute at the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Qi Zhou

qiqi0522@yeah.net (QZ); l0cai001@louisville.edu (LC)

Affiliation The Department of Pediatrics at the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China

Lu Cai

qiqi0522@yeah.net (QZ); l0cai001@louisville.edu (LC)

Affiliation The Kosair Children Hospital Research Institute at the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX WX QZ LC. Performed the experiments: JX HY WS QZ. Analyzed the data: JX WX QZ LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JX WX QZ LC. Wrote the paper: JX QZ LC.