About the Authors

Baoge Qu

qubaoge@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China

Jiliang Su

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China

Zhongdong Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China

Yafei Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China

Xinghai Han

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China

Hui Wang

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China, Taishan Medical College, Taian, Shandong, 271000, P. R. China

Yuanxun Liu

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China, Taishan Medical College, Taian, Shandong, 271000, P. R. China

Yiguo Jia

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China, Taishan Medical College, Taian, Shandong, 271000, P. R. China

Jindun Pan

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China

Guangying Ren

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Taishan Hospital, Taian, Shandong 271000, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BQ. Performed the experiments: YW ZW XH JS HW YL YJ JP GR. Analyzed the data: BQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BQ YW ZW XH JS HW YL YJ JP GR. Wrote the paper: BQ.