About the Authors

Jinsheng Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Jinsheng Zhao, Shimiao Zhu, Libin Sun

Affiliations Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Neurology, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Tianjin, China, Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical Unversity, Tianjin, China

Shimiao Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jinsheng Zhao, Shimiao Zhu, Libin Sun

Affiliations Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical Unversity, Tianjin, China

Libin Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Jinsheng Zhao, Shimiao Zhu, Libin Sun

Affiliations Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical Unversity, Tianjin, China

Fanzheng Meng

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Tianjin, China

Lin Zhao

Affiliation Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Yusheng Zhao

Affiliation First teaching hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin, China

Hao Tian

Affiliations Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical Unversity, Tianjin, China

Ping Li

Affiliation Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Tianjin, China

Yuanjie Niu

yuanjieniu68@hotmail.com

Affiliations Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Urology, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical Unversity, Tianjin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ YN. Performed the experiments: JZ SZ. Analyzed the data: JZ SZ LS LZ. Wrote the paper: JZ SZ LS FM HT. Had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis: YN. Revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: YZ PL.