About the Authors

Shuxiong Zeng

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuxiong Zeng, Zhensheng Zhang

Affiliation From the Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Zhensheng Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuxiong Zeng, Zhensheng Zhang

Affiliation From the Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Xiaowen Yu

Affiliation From the Department of Geriatrics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Ruixiang Song

Affiliation From the Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Rongchao Wei

Affiliation From the Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Junjie Zhao

Affiliation From the Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Linhui Wang

Affiliation From the Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Jianguo Hou

Affiliation From the Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Yinghao Sun

Affiliation From the Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Chuanliang Xu

xuchuanliang@medmail.com.cn

Affiliation From the Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLX SXZ ZSZ. Performed the experiments: CLX SXZ ZSZ XWY JJZ. Analyzed the data: RXS RCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGH LHW. Wrote the paper: CLX SXZ ZSZ YHS. Performed radical cystectomy surgery: CLX JGH LHW.