About the Authors

Hong Xu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hebei Medical University, Shi Jiazhuang, China

Fang Yang

fangyang02@sohu.com

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Hebei Medical University, Shi Jiazhuang, China, Medical Research Center, Hebei United University, Tangshan, China

Ying Sun

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Hebei United University, Tangshan, China

Yuan Yuan

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Hebei United University, Tangshan, China

Hua Cheng

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Hebei United University, Tangshan, China

Zhongqiu Wei

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Hebei United University, Tangshan, China

Shuyu Li

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Hebei United University, Tangshan, China

Tan Cheng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hebei Medical University, Shi Jiazhuang, China

Darrell Brann

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Ruimin Wang

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Hebei United University, Tangshan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FY. Performed the experiments: HX YY HC ZW SL. Analyzed the data: HX YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC RW. Wrote the paper: DB.