About the Authors

Tianhua Liu

Affiliations Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Cancer Research Center, Institute of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Shu Zhang

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Jie Chen

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Kai Jiang

Affiliations Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Cancer Research Center, Institute of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Qinle Zhang

Affiliations Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Cancer Research Center, Institute of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Kun Guo

Affiliation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Yinkun Liu

liu.yinkun@zs-hospital.sh.cn

Affiliations Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Cancer Research Center, Institute of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YKL. Performed the experiments: THL. Analyzed the data: KG THL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ JC QLZ KJ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: THL.