About the Authors

Ming-Feng Xia

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Institute of Chronic Metabolic Diseases, Fudan Unversity, Shanghai, China

Hannele Yki-Järvinen

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland

Hua Bian

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Institute of Chronic Metabolic Diseases, Fudan Unversity, Shanghai, China

Huan-Dong Lin

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Institute of Chronic Metabolic Diseases, Fudan Unversity, Shanghai, China

Hong-Mei Yan

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Institute of Chronic Metabolic Diseases, Fudan Unversity, Shanghai, China

Xin-Xia Chang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Institute of Chronic Metabolic Diseases, Fudan Unversity, Shanghai, China

You Zhou

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland

Xin Gao

zhongshan_endo@126.com

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Institute of Chronic Metabolic Diseases, Fudan Unversity, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XG HYJ HDL. Performed the experiments: MFX HB YZ HMY HDL XXC. Analyzed the data: MFX YZ. Wrote the paper: MFX YZ HYJ XG. Data collection: MFX HB YZ HYJ HDL. Data interpretation: HYJ MFX XG.