About the Authors

Weiran Ye

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Yijia Zheng

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Shanshan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Li Yan

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Hua Cheng

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Muchao Wu

wmcsums@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW LY HC. Performed the experiments: WY YZ SZ. Analyzed the data: WY MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY YZ SZ. Wrote the paper: MW.