About the Authors

Cai Chen

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, PR China, 430030, The center for Biomedical Research, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, PR China, 430030

Xuefeng Yu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, PR China, 430030

Shiying Shao

shao@imsb.biol.ethz.ch

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, PR China, 430030

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS XY. Performed the experiments: CC SS XY. Analyzed the data: CC SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC SS. Wrote the paper: SS XY.