About the Authors

Youming Ding

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary & Laparascopic Surgery, Wuhan University Renmin Hospital, Wuhan, 430060, China

Yingkang Cao

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Pathophysiology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

Bin Wang

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary & Laparascopic Surgery, Wuhan University Renmin Hospital, Wuhan, 430060, China

Lei Wang

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary & Laparascopic Surgery, Wuhan University Renmin Hospital, Wuhan, 430060, China

Yemin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Pathophysiology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

Deling Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Pathophysiology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

Xiaoyan Chen

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary & Laparascopic Surgery, Wuhan University Renmin Hospital, Wuhan, 430060, China

Mingxin Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Pathophysiology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

Changhua Wang

chwang0525@whu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Pathophysiology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CW YD. Data curation: YD YC BW DZ LW YZ XC ML. Formal analysis: YD YC DZ BW LW YZ ML CW. Funding acquisition: CW. Investigation: YD YC BW DZ LW YZ XC ML. Methodology: CW YD YC DZ BW. Project administration: CW. Resources: XC ML. Supervision: CW. Validation: YD YC DZ BW LW YZ ML. Visualization: CW YD. Writing – original draft: CW YD. Writing – review & editing: CW YD.