About the Authors

Lixia Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Lixia Xu, Fen Yang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Fen Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Lixia Xu, Fen Yang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Rong Lin

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Chaoqun Han

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Jun Liu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Zhen Ding

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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZD LXX FY JL. Performed the experiments: LXX FY RL CQH. Analyzed the data: LXX ZD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LXX FY. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RL ZD.