About the Authors

Mingzhu Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingzhu Li, Kai Chen, Fengtao Liu, Liling Zhu

Affiliation Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China

Kai Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingzhu Li, Kai Chen, Fengtao Liu, Liling Zhu

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Fengtao Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingzhu Li, Kai Chen, Fengtao Liu, Liling Zhu

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Fengxi Su

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Shunrong Li

liling.zhu@yale.edu (LZ); lishr@mail.sysu.edu.cn (SL)

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Liling Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Mingzhu Li, Kai Chen, Fengtao Liu, Liling Zhu

liling.zhu@yale.edu (LZ); lishr@mail.sysu.edu.cn (SL)

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ML KC LZ. Data curation: KC LZ. Formal analysis: FL FS ML. Funding acquisition: KC FS. Investigation: ML KC SL LZ. Methodology: FL SL. Project administration: SL LZ. Resources: LZ. Software: ML. Supervision: LZ. Validation: KC ML. Writing – original draft: KC ML LZ. Writing – review & editing: FS FL SL.