About the Authors

Chun-Yan Li

Lichunyan_dl@163.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Bo Song

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Ying-Yan Wang

Affiliation Laboratory Center for Diagnostics, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Hua Meng

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Shi-Bin Guo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Li-Na Liu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Hai-Chen Lv

Affiliation Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Qi-Jun Wu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C-YL Q-JW H-CL. Performed the experiments: C-YL Q-JW. Analyzed the data: C-YL Q-JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C-YL BS Y-YW HM S-BG L-NL H-CL Q-JW. Wrote the paper: C-YL. Approved the final manuscript: C-YL BS Y-YW HM S-BG L-NL H-CL Q-JW. Had full access to all of the data and the final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication: C-YL.