About the Authors

Jiali Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiali Xu, Zhiqiang Yin

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Zhiqiang Yin

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiali Xu, Zhiqiang Yin

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Songyu Cao

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Wen Gao

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Lingxiang Liu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yongmei Yin

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Ping Liu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yongqian Shu

shuyongqian@csco.org.cn

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX. Performed the experiments: JX ZY. Analyzed the data: JX ZY SC. Wrote the paper: JX. Helped to answer reviewers’ comments: SC WG LL YP PL. Provided experimental guidance and helped to answer reviewers’ comments: YS.