About the Authors

Bin Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Bin Liu, Zhenhua Li

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Zhenhua Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Bin Liu, Zhenhua Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Yingzhan Zhang

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Wenhong Luo

Affiliation The Central Laboratory, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Jiling Zhang

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Hui Li

Affiliation The Central Laboratory, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Yingbi Zhou

yz_sumc@163.com

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL Y. Zhou. Performed the experiments: BL ZL Y. Zhang JZ HL. Analyzed the data: BL ZL WL Y. Zhou. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL WL Y. Zhou. Wrote the paper: BL Y. Zhou.