About the Authors

Mingcui Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingcui Xu, Feng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Clinical Medical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Feng Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingcui Xu, Feng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Clinical Medical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Aixiu Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Chen Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yu Cao

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ming Zhang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Mingming Zhang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Min Su

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xiaoping Zou

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Guifang Xu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yuzheng Zhuge

yuzheng9111963@aliyun.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Clinical Medical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MCX FZ YZZG. Data curation: MZ MMZ MS. Formal analysis: MS XPZ GFX. Funding acquisition: YZZG. Investigation: AXW CW YC MZ MMZ. Methodology: MCX AXW YC. Project administration: YZZG. Resources: XPZ. Supervision: YZZG. Validation: MCX AXW CW YC MS. Visualization: FZ MMZ. Writing – original draft: MCX FZ. Writing – review & editing: MCX FZ MMZ CW.