About the Authors

Changshun Yu

Affiliations Division of Clinical Microbiology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Kingmed Center for Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou, China

Shengmin Yan

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Bilon Khambu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Xiaoyun Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Zheng Dong

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia and Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Jianhua Luo

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

George K. Michalopoulos

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Shangwei Wu

xmyin@iu.edu (XMY); lab-wushangwei@kingmed.com.cn (SW)

Affiliations Division of Clinical Microbiology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Kingmed Center for Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou, China

Xiao-Ming Yin

xmyin@iu.edu (XMY); lab-wushangwei@kingmed.com.cn (SW)

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CY ZD SW XMY. Performed the experiments: CY SY BK XC JL. Analyzed the data: CY SY XMY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL GKM. Wrote the paper: CY XMY.