About the Authors

Yali Liu

Affiliations Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Clinical Translational Research and Evidence-Based Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China

Rui Zhang

Affiliations Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Jiao Huang

Affiliations Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Xu Zhao

Affiliations Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, The Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Danlu Liu

Affiliations Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Clinical Translational Research and Evidence-Based Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China, The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Wanting Sun

Affiliations Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, The Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Yuefen Mai

Affiliations Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, The Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Peng Zhang

Affiliations Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan, Shandong Province, China

Yajun Wang

Affiliation Acupuncture and Massage College, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China

Hua Cao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China

Ke hu Yang

kehuyangebm2006@126.com

Affiliations Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Clinical Translational Research and Evidence-Based Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China, The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLL KHY. Performed the experiments: RZ JH XZ DLL WTS PZ HC. Analyzed the data: YFM JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJW. Wrote the paper: YLL RZ.