About the Authors

Feng Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Feng Chen, Xiao-Hui Rao

Affiliation Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China

Xiao-Hui Rao

Contributed equally to this work with: Feng Chen, Xiao-Hui Rao

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital, Huizhou, China

Jin-Lian Yang

Affiliation Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China

Ming-Xing Pan

Affiliations Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China

Yi Gao

Affiliations Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China

Zhen-Lin Li

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Yang Li

Affiliation Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China

You-Fu Zhu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China

Yan Wang

yanwang@smu.edu.cn

Affiliations Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW. Performed the experiments: FC XHR. Analyzed the data: YW FC XHR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZLL JLY MXP YG YL YFZ. Wrote the paper: FC YW.