About the Authors

Xinzhong Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinzhong Wu, Min Zhao, Baishen Pan, Jie Zhang, Mingting Peng, Lanlan Wang, Xiaoke Hao, Xianzhang Huang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Science, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong, China

Min Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinzhong Wu, Min Zhao, Baishen Pan, Jie Zhang, Mingting Peng, Lanlan Wang, Xiaoke Hao, Xianzhang Huang

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Baishen Pan

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinzhong Wu, Min Zhao, Baishen Pan, Jie Zhang, Mingting Peng, Lanlan Wang, Xiaoke Hao, Xianzhang Huang

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Jie Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinzhong Wu, Min Zhao, Baishen Pan, Jie Zhang, Mingting Peng, Lanlan Wang, Xiaoke Hao, Xianzhang Huang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

Mingting Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinzhong Wu, Min Zhao, Baishen Pan, Jie Zhang, Mingting Peng, Lanlan Wang, Xiaoke Hao, Xianzhang Huang

Affiliation National Center for Clinical Laboratories, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China

Lanlan Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinzhong Wu, Min Zhao, Baishen Pan, Jie Zhang, Mingting Peng, Lanlan Wang, Xiaoke Hao, Xianzhang Huang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China

Xiaoke Hao

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinzhong Wu, Min Zhao, Baishen Pan, Jie Zhang, Mingting Peng, Lanlan Wang, Xiaoke Hao, Xianzhang Huang

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Xianzhang Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xinzhong Wu, Min Zhao, Baishen Pan, Jie Zhang, Mingting Peng, Lanlan Wang, Xiaoke Hao, Xianzhang Huang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Science, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong, China

Runqing Mu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Wei Guo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Rui Qiao

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China

Wenxiang Chen

Affiliation National Center for Clinical Laboratories, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China

Hong Jiang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China

Yueyun Ma

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Hong Shang

hongshang100@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS MZ BSP JZ MTP LLW XZH XKH. Performed the experiments: XZW RQM WG RQ HJ YYM. Analyzed the data: XZW RQM MTP WXC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ BSP JZ MTP LLW XZH XKH. Wrote the paper: XZW XZH. Initiated and organized this project: HS.