About the Authors

Clara Sze-Man Tang

Contributed equally to this work with: Clara Sze-Man Tang, Wai-Kiu Tang, Man-Ting So

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Wai-Kiu Tang

Contributed equally to this work with: Clara Sze-Man Tang, Wai-Kiu Tang, Man-Ting So

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Man-Ting So

Contributed equally to this work with: Clara Sze-Man Tang, Wai-Kiu Tang, Man-Ting So

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xiao-Ping Miao

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Brian Man-Chun Leung

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Benjamin Hon-Kei Yip

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Thomas Yuk-Yu Leon

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Elly Sau-Wai Ngan

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Vincent Chi-Hang Lui

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Yan Chen

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Ivy Hau-Yee Chan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Patrick Ho-Yu Chung

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xue-Lai Liu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xuan-Zhao Wu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Guiyang Medical College Affiliated Hospital, Guiyang, China

Kenneth Kak-Yuen Wong

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Pak-Chung Sham

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Genome Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Stacey S. Cherny

cherny@hku.hk (SSC); mmgarcia@hku.hk (MMGB)

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Paul Kwong-Hang Tam

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Maria-Mercè Garcia-Barceló

cherny@hku.hk (SSC); mmgarcia@hku.hk (MMGB)

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMGB CSMT SST PCS PKHT. Performed the experiments: WKT MTS XPM BMCL TYYL. Analyzed the data: CSMT BHKY ESWN VCHL YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IHYC PHYC XLL XZW KKYW. Wrote the paper: CSMT SSC MMGB.