About the Authors

Long Huang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Department of Gynecology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Jia-Xin Lin

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Department of Gynecology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Yan-Hong Yu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Mei-Yin Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Hui-Yun Wang

wanghyun@mail.sysu.edu.cn (H-YW); zheng_min_2006@yahoo.com.cn (MZ)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Min Zheng

wanghyun@mail.sysu.edu.cn (H-YW); zheng_min_2006@yahoo.com.cn (MZ)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, Department of Gynecology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ HYW LH. Performed the experiments: LH JXL YHY MYZ. Analyzed the data: LH JXL YHY MYZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH JXL YHY MYZ. Wrote the paper: LH. Designed the PCR primer array used in this study: LH.