About the Authors

Sha Du

Contributed equally to this work with: Sha Du, Zhuzhu Guan

Affiliations Department of Histology and Embryology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China, Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University Cancer Center, Liaoning, China

Zhuzhu Guan

Contributed equally to this work with: Sha Du, Zhuzhu Guan

Affiliations Department of Histology and Embryology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China

Lihong Hao

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China

Yang Song

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China

Lan Wang

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China

Linlin Gong

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China

Lu Liu

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China

Xiaoyu Qi

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China

Zhaoyuan Hou

houzy@sjtu.edu.cn (ZH); shaoshujuan2006@126.com (SS)

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University Cancer Center, Liaoning, China

Shujuan Shao

houzy@sjtu.edu.cn (ZH); shaoshujuan2006@126.com (SS)

Affiliations Department of Histology and Embryology, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD ZH SS. Performed the experiments: SD ZG LH YS LW LG LL XQ. Analyzed the data: SD ZH SS. Wrote the paper: SD ZH SS.