About the Authors

Xiao-Xue Ke

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Dunke Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Shunqin Zhu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Qingyou Xia

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Zhonghuai Xiang

xbxzh@swu.edu.cn (ZX); hongjuan.cui@gmail.com (HC)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Hongjuan Cui

xbxzh@swu.edu.cn (ZX); hongjuan.cui@gmail.com (HC)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript: ZX HC. Conducted most of the experiments and drafted the manuscript: XXK. Participated in all immunoblot assays: DZ. Participated in the cell proliferation assays: SZ. Participated in the statistical analysis: SZ. Participated in the patient data analysis: QX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZX HC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: XXK. Obtained permission for use of cell line: HC.