About the Authors

Ji-Lin Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-Lin Wang, Yan-Wei Lin

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Yan-Wei Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-Lin Wang, Yan-Wei Lin

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Hui-Min Chen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Xuan Kong

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Hua Xiong

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Nan Shen

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

Jie Hong

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Jing-Yuan Fang

jingyuanfang@yahoo.com, jingyuanfang2007@126.com

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-LW Y-WL J-YF. Performed the experiments: J-LW Y-WL H-MC NS HX. Analyzed the data: J-LW Y-WL H-MC XK HX NS JH J-YF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-LW Y-WL H-MC XK HX NS JH. Wrote the paper: J-LW Y-WL.