Authorship
Liyan Li and Hui Liu performed the experiments, analyzed the data and wrote the article. Honglei Wang, Zhaoyun Liu, Yingying Chen, Chunyan Liu, Xiaoyu Zhao contributed to the experimental work and the collection of patients’ features. Lijuan Li, Huaquan Wang, Zonghong Shao contributed essential reagents or tools, Rong Fu designed the research and revised the manuscript.