About the Authors

Yi-Wen Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Wen Chen, Ying-Ying Wang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Department of Geriatrics, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ying-Ying Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Wen Chen, Ying-Ying Wang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Dong Zhao

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongzhou District Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Cai-Guo Yu

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongzhou District Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Zhong Xin

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Xi Cao

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Jing Shi

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Guang-Ran Yang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Ming-Xia Yuan

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Jin-Kui Yang

jinkui.yang@foxmail.com

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YWC JKY. Performed the experiments: YYW YWC DZ CGY ZX XC JS GRY MXY JKY. Analyzed the data: YWC JKY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YWC JKY. Wrote the paper: YWC JKY.