About the Authors

Qibo Zhu

‡ These authors are joint first authors.

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Huang Zhou

‡ These authors are joint first authors.

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Aipin Zhang

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Rufei Gao

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Shumin Yang

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Changhong Zhao

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Yue Wang

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Jinbo Hu

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Richa Goswami

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Lilin Gong

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Qifu Li

liqifu@yeah.net

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QZ HZ QL. Performed the experiments: R. Gao CZ. Analyzed the data: QZ HZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AZ YW SY JH R. Goswami. Wrote the paper: QZ HZ SY JH R. Goswami LG.