About the Authors

Bin Zhang

Affiliation Departments of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Juan Chen

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Alfred S. L. Cheng

Affiliation Institute of Digestive diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Ben C. B. Ko

ben.ko@polyu.edu.hk

Affiliations The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Hong Kong, China, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BK. Performed the experiments: BZ JC. Analyzed the data: BK BZ JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC. Wrote the paper: BK.