About the Authors

Zhong-Ping Tang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences of China Medical University, Shenyang City, China

Qian-Ze Dong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences of China Medical University, Shenyang City, China

Quan-Zhe Cui

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences of China Medical University, Shenyang City, China

Paulie Papavassiliou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

En-Di Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

En-Hua Wang

wangeh@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences of China Medical University, Shenyang City, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZPT QZD EHW. Performed the experiments: ZPT QZD QZC. Analyzed the data: ZPT PP EDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZPT QZC. Wrote the paper: ZPT PP EDW.