About the Authors

Yanqiang Shi

Affiliation The Second Clinical Medical School, Southern Medical University, 510280, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Yiwei Dong

Affiliation The Second Clinical Medical School, Southern Medical University, 510280, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Wenhui Huang

Affiliation The Second Clinical Medical School, Southern Medical University, 510280, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Decong Zhu

Affiliation The Second Clinical Medical School, Southern Medical University, 510280, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Hua Mao

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 510280, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Peizhu Su

supeizhu1986@163.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 510280, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM PS. Performed the experiments: YS YD. Analyzed the data: DZ WH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS YD. Wrote the paper: YS YD DZ WH.