About the Authors

Chuanlian Chu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, China

Quanlin Du

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, China

Changqing Li

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, China

Linlu Zhang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, China

Xiaoyan Zhou

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, China

Fang Zuo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, China

Yanmin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, China

Fang Li

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, China

Guofeng Xie

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Maryland VA Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Yanqing Li

liyanqing@sdu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CC YL. Data curation: CC YL. Formal analysis: CC QD CL LZ FZ XZ FL YZ. Funding acquisition: CC YL. Investigation: CC CL. Methodology: CC YL. Project administration: CC. Resources: CC YL. Supervision: CC YL. Validation: CC. Visualization: CC QD CL LZ FZ GX. Writing – original draft: CC. Writing – review & editing: CC GX YL.