About the Authors

Guobin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China

Guishan Jin

Affiliation Brain Tumor Research Center, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China

Xiutao Nie

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Rizhao City People’s Hospital, Shandong, P.R. China

Ruifang Mi

Affiliation Brain Tumor Research Center, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China

Guidong Zhu

Affiliation Brain Tumor Research Center, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China

William Jia

Affiliation Brain Research Center, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Fusheng Liu

liufushengs@hotmail.com

Affiliation Brain Tumor Research Center, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GBZ GSJ FSL. Performed the experiments: GBZ GDZ XTN. Analyzed the data: GBZ GDZ XTN GSJ FSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GBZ GSJ XTN RFM WJ FSL. Wrote the paper: GBZ FSL.