About the Authors

Zhiyong Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhiyong Yang, Yushun Zhang

Affiliation Pancreatic Disease Institute, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Yushun Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhiyong Yang, Yushun Zhang

Affiliation Pancreatic Disease Institute, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Liming Dong

Affiliation Pancreatic Disease Institute, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Chong Yang

Current address: Surgical Oncology-Abdominal Department, Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Affiliation Pancreatic Disease Institute, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Shanmiao Gou

Affiliation Pancreatic Disease Institute, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Tao Yin

Affiliation Pancreatic Disease Institute, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Heshui Wu

heshuiwu@163.com (HW); chunyouwang52@126.com (CW)

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Pancreatic Disease Institute, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Chunyou Wang

heshuiwu@163.com (HW); chunyouwang52@126.com (CW)

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Pancreatic Disease Institute, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HW CW. Performed the experiments: ZY YZ. Analyzed the data: ZY YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LD CY SG TY. Wrote the paper: ZY YZ HW CW.