About the Authors

You-Lin Wang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

Bo Jiang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

Fu-Fen Yin

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliate Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

Hao-Qing Shi

Affiliation Department of Urology, Affiliate Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

Xiao-Dong Xu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Affiliate Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

Shuai-Shuai Zheng

Affiliation Department of Urology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

Shuai Wu

wushuai_78@163.com (SW); drhousichuan@sina.com (SCH)

Affiliation Department of Urology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

Si-Chuan Hou

wushuai_78@163.com (SW); drhousichuan@sina.com (SCH)

Affiliations Department of Urology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China, Department of Urology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCH SW. Performed the experiments: YLW SSZ SW. Analyzed the data: YLW FFY HQS BJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YLW FFY XDX. Wrote the paper: YLW SCH SW BJ.