About the Authors

Feng Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Ling Xu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Chuanyong Guo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Aiwu Ke

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Guoyong Hu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Xuanfu Xu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Wenhui Mo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Lijuan Yang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Yinshi Huang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Shanshan He

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Xingpeng Wang

wangxingpeng@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, The First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Department of Gastroenterology, The Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FW XPW. Performed the experiments: FW LX GYH XFX WHM LJY YSH. Analyzed the data: FW LX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XPW CYG. Wrote the paper: FW AWK SSH.