About the Authors

Cheng Sun

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Binqing Fu

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Yufeng Gao

Affiliation Department of Liver Diseases of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Xiaofeng Liao

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Rui Sun

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Zhigang Tian

tzg@ustc.edu.cn (ZT); ustcwhm@ustc.edu.cn (HW)

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Haiming Wei

tzg@ustc.edu.cn (ZT); ustcwhm@ustc.edu.cn (HW)

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HW ZT CS. Performed the experiments: CS XL. Analyzed the data: HW CS ZT BF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS YG. Wrote the paper: CS HW BF. Obtained permission for use of clinical samples: YG.