About the Authors

Wanshuai Li

Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China

Yong Wang

Affiliation The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, No. 2 People's Hospital of Changzhou, 29 Xinglong Xiang, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213004, China

Qi Zhang

Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China

Lili Tang

Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China

Xiaoping Liu

Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China

Yunhua Dai

Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China

Liang Xiao

Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China

Shuguang Huang

Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China

Lu Chen

Affiliation Changzhou GoPath Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, 801 Changwuzhong Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, China

Zhongmin Guo

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

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

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.