About the Authors

Kui Liu

Affiliation Department of Preventative Medicine and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathological and Physiological Technology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Lu Zhang

Affiliation School of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China

Xialu Lin

Affiliation Department of Preventative Medicine and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathological and Physiological Technology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Liangliang Chen

Affiliation Yinzhou Peoples’ Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Hongbo Shi

Affiliation Department of Preventative Medicine and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathological and Physiological Technology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Ruth Magaye

Affiliation Department of Preventative Medicine and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathological and Physiological Technology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Baobo Zou

Affiliation Department of Preventative Medicine and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathological and Physiological Technology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Jinshun Zhao

zhaojinshun@nbu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Preventative Medicine and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathological and Physiological Technology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Proof read the manuscript: KL JSZ. Conceived and designed the experiments: JSZ KL LZ. Performed the experiments: KL XLL LLC. Analyzed the data: KL HBS RM BBZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KL JSZ XLL. Wrote the paper: KL JSZ XLL.