About the Authors

Ji Ma

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji Ma, Yan Xue, Wenchao Liu

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shannxi, China, Department of Breast Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Yan Xue

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji Ma, Yan Xue, Wenchao Liu

xueyan2011@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shannxi, China

Wenchao Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji Ma, Yan Xue, Wenchao Liu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shannxi, China

Caixia Yue

Affiliation Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Molecular Targeted Therapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Feng Bi

Affiliation Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Molecular Targeted Therapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Junqing Xu

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shannxi, China

Jian Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shannxi, China

Yan Li

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shannxi, China

Cuiping Zhong

Affiliation Department of Ear Nose Throat Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Yan Chen

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shannxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM YX. Performed the experiments: WL JZ. Analyzed the data: CY JX YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FB. Wrote the paper: CZ YC.