About the Authors

Lu Gao

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Department of Geriatrics, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Zhong Xin

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ming-Xia Yuan

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Xi Cao

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Jian-Ping Feng

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Jing Shi

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Xiao-Rong Zhu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Jin-Kui Yang

jinkui.yang@foxmail.com

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG JKY. Performed the experiments: LG ZX MXY XC JPF JS XRZ. Analyzed the data: LG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG. Wrote the paper: LG JKY.