About the Authors

Jie Yin

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Yi-An Zhang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Tao-Tao Liu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Ji-Min Zhu

shen.xizhong@zs-hospital.sh.cn (XZS); jiminzhu@gmail.com (JMZ)

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Xi-Zhong Shen

shen.xizhong@zs-hospital.sh.cn (XZS); jiminzhu@gmail.com (JMZ)

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY JMZ XZS. Performed the experiments: JY YAZ. Analyzed the data: JY YAZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TTL. Wrote the paper: JY JMZ XZS.