About the Authors

Xi-Nan Shi

Contributed equally to this work with: Xi-Nan Shi, Hongjian Li

Affiliations Biotechnology Center, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China, Department of Medicine, Southwest Guizhou Vocational and Technical College for Nationalities, Guizhou, China

Hongjian Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xi-Nan Shi, Hongjian Li

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Hong Yao

Affiliations The Cancer Biotherapy Institute of Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, China, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xu Liu

Affiliation Biotechnology Center, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Ling Li

Affiliation Biotechnology Center, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Kwong-Sak Leung

ksleung@cse.cuhk.edu.hk (KSL); mcmlin@163.com (MCML)

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Hsiang-fu Kung

Affiliations Biotechnology Center, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Di Lu

Affiliation Biotechnology Center, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Man-Hon Wong

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Marie Chia-mi Lin

ksleung@cse.cuhk.edu.hk (KSL); mcmlin@163.com (MCML)

Affiliations Shenzhen Key Lab of Translational Medicine of Tumor, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, Biotechnology Center, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCML HFK. Performed the experiments: XNS HL. Analyzed the data: XNS HL KSL MHW MCML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XNS HL HY XL DL LL. Wrote the paper: HL XNS MCML.