About the Authors

Xiaobing Wu

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Xuehu Xu

xxh.dr01@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Shuling Li

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Shangbiao Wu

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Rong Chen

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Qingping Jiang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Haibo Liu

Affiliation Department of Experimental Research, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Yan Sun

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Yong Li

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Yuandong Xu

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XX XW. Performed the experiments: XW SL. Analyzed the data: XX XW QJ HL YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW RC XX YL YX. Wrote the paper: XW XX.