About the Authors

Rongrong Cai

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Yang Yuan

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Yi Zhou

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Wenqing Xia

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Pin Wang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Haixia Sun

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Yue Yang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Rong Huang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Shaohua Wang

gyjwsh@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW. Performed the experiments: RC. Analyzed the data: RC Y. Yuan. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ WX PW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RC HS Y. Yang RH.