About the Authors

Yichen Tang

Affiliation Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xuejun Xu

Affiliation Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Shixiang Guo

Affiliation Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Chaobin Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yan Tang

Affiliation Institute of Immunology PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yi Tian

Affiliation Institute of Immunology PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Bing Ni

nibingxi@yahoo.com (BN); lumobile@hotmail.com (BL); whuaizhi@gmail.com (HW)

Affiliation Institute of Immunology PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Binfeng Lu

nibingxi@yahoo.com (BN); lumobile@hotmail.com (BL); whuaizhi@gmail.com (HW)

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States of America

Huaizhi Wang

nibingxi@yahoo.com (BN); lumobile@hotmail.com (BL); whuaizhi@gmail.com (HW)

Affiliation Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HW BN Yichen Tang BL. Performed the experiments: Yichen Tang XX SG CZ Yan Tang Yi Tian. Analyzed the data: Yichen Tang HW BN BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Yichen Tang XX SG Yan Tang. Wrote the paper: Yichen Tang HW BN BL.