About the Authors

Zhaoyun Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhaoyun Liu, Kewen He

Affiliations School of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Jinan-Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China

Kewen He

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhaoyun Liu, Kewen He

Affiliations School of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Jinan-Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China

Qinghua Ma

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China

Qian Yu

Affiliation University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Chenyu Liu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Isabella Ndege

Affiliations School of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Jinan-Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China

Xinzhao Wang

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China

Zhiyong Yu

drzhiyongyu@aliyun.com

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ZYY ZYL KWH. Data curation: ZYL. Formal analysis: ZYL KWH. Funding acquisition: ZYY. Investigation: QHM QY CYL IN XZW. Methodology: ZYY ZYL KWH. Project administration: ZYY.