About the Authors

Jie-Yao Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie-Yao Li, Tao Yu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Tao Yu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie-Yao Li, Tao Yu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Guang-Cheng Chen

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Yu-Hong Yuan

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Wa Zhong

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Li-Na Zhao

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Qi-Kui Chen

qikuichen@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QKC JYL TY. Performed the experiments: JYL TY. Analyzed the data: GCC YHY LNZ. Wrote the paper: JYL TY. Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: WZ.