This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81170129 and No. 81000091), the China Health Medical Development Foundation (No. 2011-H25), the Research Fund of Capital Medical Development (No. 2007-2018), 863 Program of China (No. 2011AA020110), and the Postgraduates' Innovative Research Foundation of Peking Union Medical College (2012-1002-31).
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