About the Authors

Guofeng Wang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology Medicine, Lianyungang First People’s Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Lianyungang, China

Qingqing Zhang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology Medicine, The Fist Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Ning Xu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology Medicine, Lianyungang First People’s Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Lianyungang, China

Kuanfeng Xu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology Medicine, The Fist Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Jian Wang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology Medicine, The Fist Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Wei He

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology Medicine, The Fist Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Tao Yang

yangt@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology Medicine, The Fist Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GW TY. Performed the experiments: GW TY QZ. Analyzed the data: GW KX QZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GW JW KX. Wrote the paper: GW KX QZ.