About the Authors

Jianming Ying

qtao@cuhk.edu.hk (QT); nlu03@126.com (NL); jmying@hotmail.com (JY)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Clinical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sir YK Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Ling Shan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Jisheng Li

Affiliations Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Clinical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sir YK Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Department of Chemotherapy, Cancer Center, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Lan Zhong

Affiliation Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Clinical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sir YK Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Liyan Xue

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Hong Zhao

Affiliation Department of Abdominal Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Lili Li

Affiliation Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Clinical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sir YK Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Cordelia Langford

Affiliation Microarray Facility, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Lei Guo

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Tian Qiu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Ning Lu

qtao@cuhk.edu.hk (QT); nlu03@126.com (NL); jmying@hotmail.com (JY)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Qian Tao

qtao@cuhk.edu.hk (QT); nlu03@126.com (NL); jmying@hotmail.com (JY)

Affiliation Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Clinical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sir YK Pao Center for Cancer and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY NL QT. Performed the experiments: JY LS JL LZ LX HZ LL LG TQ. Analyzed the data: JY CL NL QT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY CL NL QT. Wrote the paper: JY LS JL LL NL QT.