About the Authors

Xiaolin Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaolin Liu, Yongfeng Wang

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Yongfeng Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaolin Liu, Yongfeng Wang

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Yanan Ming

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Yanyan Song

Affiliation Department Biostatistics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Jingyi Zhang

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Xiaoyu Chen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Minde Zeng

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Yimin Mao

maoym11968@163.com

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL YW Y. Mao. Performed the experiments: Y. Ming YS JZ XC. Analyzed the data: XL YW Y. Ming YS JZ XC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ Y. Mao. Wrote the paper: XL.