About the Authors

Zhao-Hui Ding

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Ministry of Health, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Xiao-Ping Xu

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Tian-Rong Wang

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Ministry of Health, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Xiao Liang

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Ministry of Health, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Zhi-Hua Ran

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Ministry of Health, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Hong Lu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hlu@sjtu.edu.cn

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Ministry of Health, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Hong Lu is a consultant for Takeda and Astrazeneka, proton pump inhibitors in relation to H. pylori infection treatment. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Other authors declare no competing interests.