About the Authors

Fei Wu

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Haibo Song

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Yuan Zhang

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Yuzhu Zhang

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Qian Mu

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Miao Jiang

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Fang Wang

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Wen Zhang

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Liang Li

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Huanjie Li

Affiliation Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Yunshan Wang

Affiliation Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Mingxiang Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Shiwu Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Lijun Yang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Yan Meng

tangdq@sdu.edu.cn (DT); mengyan2000@126.com (YM)

Affiliation Department of Urology, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Dongqi Tang

tangdq@sdu.edu.cn (DT); mengyan2000@126.com (YM)

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DT YM. Performed the experiments: F. Wu HS YZ YZZ F. Wang MJ. Analyzed the data: F. Wu QM MZ LY DT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL MZ DT HL YW. Wrote the paper: F. Wu LL WZ DT.