About the Authors

Jinhua Zhang

hanj@lzu.edu.cn (JH); zjh51272@163.com (JHZ)

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Second Hospital of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China, Department of Medicine, School of Second Clinical Medicine, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou, China

Xudong Sun

Affiliation Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Jiemin Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Liangzhou Hospital, Wuwei, China

Fuhua Zhang

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Second Hospital of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China, Department of Medicine, School of Second Clinical Medicine, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou, China

Xiaohua Li

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Liangzhou Hospital, Wuwei, China

Jian Han

hanj@lzu.edu.cn (JH); zjh51272@163.com (JHZ)

Affiliation Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JHZ XDS JH. Data curation: JHZ XDS FHZ. Formal analysis: JHZ XDS JMW. Funding acquisition: JHZ JH. Investigation: JHZ XDS JMW FHZ XHL. Methodology: JHZ XDS JH. Project administration: JHZ JH. Resources: JHZ XDS JH. Supervision: JHZ JH. Validation: JHZ XDS JMW FHZ XHL JH. Writing – original draft: JHZ XDS JH. Writing – review & editing: JHZ XDS JH.