About the Authors

Zhi-Jun Han

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhi-Jun Han, Xiao-Dan Wu

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuxi Second People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Xiao-Dan Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhi-Jun Han, Xiao-Dan Wu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuxi Second People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Juan-Juan Cheng

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuxi Second People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Shi-Di Zhao

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Wuxi Second People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Ming-Zhu Gao

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuxi Second People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Hong-Yu Huang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuxi Second People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Bing Gu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Ping Ma

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Yan Chen

Affiliation Emergency Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jun-Hong Wang

Affiliation Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Cheng-Jian Yang

doctory2071@sina.com (CY); yanzihe3074@163.com (ZY)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Wuxi Second People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Zi-He Yan

doctory2071@sina.com (CY); yanzihe3074@163.com (ZY)

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuxi Second People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJH ZHY CJY. Performed the experiments: JJC SDZ MZG BG PM YC JHW HYH. Analyzed the data: ZJH XDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZG HYH. Wrote the paper: ZJH XDW. Significant revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: ZJH XDW.