About the Authors

Yong Fan

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai, China

Yue Liu

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai, China

Ke Xue

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai, China

Guobao Gu

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, The Central Hospital of Zhabei District, Shanghai, China

Weimin Fan

Affiliations Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Human Reproductive Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Yali Xu

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai, China

Zhide Ding

zding@shsmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZD YF. Performed the experiments: YF YL KX GG. Analyzed the data: YF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WF YX. Wrote the paper: YF ZD.