About the Authors

Zhe-wen Zhang

Affiliation School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Xiao-wen Liu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Bai-cheng Xu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Su-yang Wang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Li Li

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Gan Su Provincial Hospital, China

Ying-ying Kang

Affiliation School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Yu-fen Guo

ldeyebh@163.com

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Ministry of Health, Gansu province, Lanzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZWZ YFG. Performed the experiments: ZWZ YYK. Analyzed the data: XWL BCX SYW LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XWL BCX SYW LL. Wrote the paper: ZWZ YFG.