This workwas supported by the National Cancer Institute 2R01CA139158,John Hench Foundation,George Schaeffer Foundation,Chinese National Natural Science Foundation(81270935);Transform Medicine Innovation Foundation of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine(15ZH2001);Research Project Funded by the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau(20114301);the Fund of the Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences(201601).
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