About the Authors

Xiaojuan Wei

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaojuan Wei, Hengxiang Wang, Zikuan Guo

Affiliation Department of Cardiology Surgery, General Hospital of Air Force, Beijing, China

Chaozhong Liu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology Surgery, General Hospital of Air Force, Beijing, China

Hengxiang Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaojuan Wei, Hengxiang Wang, Zikuan Guo

Affiliation Department of Hematology, General Hospital of Air Force, Beijing, China

Lisheng Wang

Affiliation Department of Experimental Hematology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China

Fengjun Xiao

Affiliation Department of Experimental Hematology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China

Zikuan Guo

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaojuan Wei, Hengxiang Wang, Zikuan Guo

Affiliation Department of Experimental Hematology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China

Hongchao Zhang

zhcxw2015@163.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology Surgery, General Hospital of Air Force, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ ZG CL HW. Performed the experiments: XW HZ. Analyzed the data: FX ZG XW CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZG LW HZ CL. Wrote the paper: ZG HW XW. Obtained permission for use of Bone marrow: HW. The support of funds and equipment: HZ LW.