About the Authors
- Wanshuai Li
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Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China
- Yong Wang
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Affiliation The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, No. 2 People's Hospital of Changzhou, 29 Xinglong Xiang, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213004, China
- Qi Zhang
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Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China
- Lili Tang
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Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China
- Xiaoping Liu
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Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China
- Yunhua Dai
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Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China
- Liang Xiao
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Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China
- Shuguang Huang
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Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China
- Lu Chen
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Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China
- Zhongmin Guo
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Affiliations Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China, GoPath Laboratories LLC, 1351 Barclay Blvd, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, 60089, United States of America
- Jim Lu
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* E-mail: JLu@gopathlabs.com (JL); yuankai1978@163.com (KY)
Affiliations Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China, GoPath Laboratories LLC, 1351 Barclay Blvd, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, 60089, United States of America
- Kai Yuan
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* E-mail: JLu@gopathlabs.com (JL); yuankai1978@163.com (KY)
Affiliation The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, No. 2 People's Hospital of Changzhou, 29 Xinglong Xiang, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213004, China
Competing Interests
Jim Lu is a shareholder and owner of Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd and GoPath Laboratories LLC in Buffalo Grove, IL, USA. Zhongmin Guo is the employee of Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd and GoPath Laboratories LLC in Buffalo Grove, IL, USA. Wanshuai Li, Qi Zhang, Lili Tang, Xiaoping Liu, Yunhua Dai, Liang Xiao, Shuguang Huang, and Lu Chen are employed by Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd. No potential competing interest is disclosed by the other authors. The study was partially funded by Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd in China and GoPath Laboratories LLC in Buffalo Grove, IL, USA. The commercial affiliation of the authors and the study does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KY JL. Performed the experiments: WL YW QZ LT XL YD. Analyzed the data: LX SH LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH. Wrote the paper: WL YW ZG KY JL.