About the Authors

Jing Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Jing Wang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Jinfeng Du

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Hongli Xu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Wei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Quan-Xing Ni

Affiliation Department of Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China

Herbert Yu

Affiliation Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

Harvey A. Risch

Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Yu-Tang Gao

yinggao@sibs.ac.cn (YG); ytgao@vip.sina.com (YTG)

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Ying Gao

yinggao@sibs.ac.cn (YG); ytgao@vip.sina.com (YTG)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YG YTG HR HY. Performed the experiments: JZ JW JD HX WZ QXN. Analyzed the data: JZ JW YG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YG. Wrote the paper: JZ YG YTG.