About the Authors

Xiu Shan

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Yuan-Shan Fu

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Faisal Aziz

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Liaoning Provincial Core Lab of Glycobiology and Glycoengineering, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Xiao-Qi Wang

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Qiu Yan

yanqiu63@126.com (QY); jiweiliudl@126.com (JWL)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Liaoning Provincial Core Lab of Glycobiology and Glycoengineering, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Ji-Wei Liu

yanqiu63@126.com (QY); jiweiliudl@126.com (JWL)

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XS QY JWL. Performed the experiments: XS. Analyzed the data: XS YSF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FA. Wrote the paper: XS QY XQW. Obtained permission for use of cell line: XQW.