About the Authors

Min Lin

Affiliations Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, Medical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Ji-Wei Jiao

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Xiu-Hui Zhan

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Xiao-Fen Zhan

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Mei-Chen Pan

Affiliation Medical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Jun-Li Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory, Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, Guangxi Province, People's Republic of China

Chun-Fang Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory, Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, Guangxi Province, People's Republic of China

Tian-Yu Zhong

Affiliation Medical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China

Qin Zhang

Affiliation Laboratory Medical Center, People's Hospital of Yunan Province, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

Xia Yu

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory, Chengdu Women's & Children's Central Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China

Jiao-Ren Wu

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Hui-Tian Yang

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Fen Lin

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Xin Tong

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Hui Yang

Affiliations Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, Laboratory Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Guang-Cai Zha

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Qian Wang

Affiliation Laboratory Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Lei Zheng

Affiliation Laboratory Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Ying-Fang Wen

Affiliation Medical Laboratory, Meixian People's Hospital, Meizhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Li-Ye Yang

yangleeyee@sina.com

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML QW LZ LYY. Performed the experiments: ML JWJ XHZ XFZ MCP JLW CFW TYZ QZ XY JRW HTY FL XT HY GCZ YFW LYY. Analyzed the data: ML QW LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML QW LZ. Wrote the paper: ML LYY.