About the Authors

Shanhu Qiu

Affiliations Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine II, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany, Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Xue Cai

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Uwe Schumann

Affiliation Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine II, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Martina Velders

Affiliation Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine II, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Zilin Sun

sunzilin1963@126.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, P. R. China

Jürgen Michael Steinacker

Affiliation Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine II, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SQ XC ZS JS. Performed the experiments: SQ ZS JS. Analyzed the data: SQ XC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SQ XC US MV. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SQ XC US MV ZS JS.