About the Authors

Jun hao LEI

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun hao LEI, Liang ren LIU, Shi bing YAN

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Liang ren LIU

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun hao LEI, Liang ren LIU, Shi bing YAN

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Qiang WEI

weiqiang393@126.com (QW); 14258353@qq.com (PH)

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Shi bing YAN

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun hao LEI, Liang ren LIU, Shi bing YAN

Affiliation Department of Urology, Dujiangyan Medical Center/ the affiliated hospital of Chengdu University, Dujianyan, China

Lu YANG

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Tu run SONG

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Hai chao YUAN

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Xiao LV

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Ping HAN

weiqiang393@126.com (QW); 14258353@qq.com (PH)

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHL LRL. Performed the experiments: LY PH SBY. Analyzed the data: XL SBY HCY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TRS SBY. Wrote the paper: JHL LRL. Commented in detail on the drafts and approved the final version: TRS QW SBY.