About the Authors

Lihong Wang

Affiliations Cancer Center, Xiamen University Medical College, Xiamen, People's Republic of China, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Hailong Cao

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Ning Lu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Breast Cancer Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Liping Liu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Bangmao Wang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Tianhui Hu

Affiliation Cancer Center, Xiamen University Medical College, Xiamen, People's Republic of China

Dawn A. Israel

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard M. Peek Jr

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

D. Brent Polk

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California and Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Fang Yan

fang.yan@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Breast Cancer Medical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW HC NL LL BW TH DAI RMP DBP FY. Performed the experiments: LW HC NL LL FY. Analyzed the data: LW HC NL LL BW TH DAI RMP DBP FY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW DAI RMP DBP FY. Wrote the paper: LW DAI RMP DBP FY.