About the Authors
- Jia Ma
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Ma, Qing Zhang
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China
- Qing Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Ma, Qing Zhang
Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, The Center Hospital of Bengbu, Anhui, China
- Sulian Chen
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China
- Binbin Fang
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Affiliation Research Center of Clinical Laboratory Science, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China
- Qingling Yang
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China
- Changjie Chen
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China
- Lucio Miele
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Affiliation University of Mississippi Cancer Institute, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
- Fazlul H. Sarkar
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Jun Xia
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* E-mail: zwang6@bidmc.harvard.edu (ZW); xiajunbbmc@126.com (JX)
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China
- Zhiwei Wang
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* E-mail: zwang6@bidmc.harvard.edu (ZW); xiajunbbmc@126.com (JX)
Affiliations Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Competing Interests
Co-author Dr. Sarkar 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: JM ZW. Performed the experiments: JM QZ SC BF QY JX CC. Analyzed the data: JM CC ZW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM SC. Wrote the paper: JM LM FS ZW.