About the Authors

Yuan Mao

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Jiangsu Province Official Hospital, Nanjing, China, Huadong Medical Institute of Biotechnology, Nanjing, China

Mei Ping Lu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Hong Lin

Affiliation Jiangsu Provincial Blood Center, Nanjing, China

Da Wei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Ying Liu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Jiangsu Province Official Hospital, Nanjing, China

Qing Dong Li

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Jiangsu Province Official Hospital, Nanjing, China

Zhi Gang Lv

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Jiangsu Province Official Hospital, Nanjing, China

Jia Ren Xu

xujiaren@tom.com (JRX); renjiechenent@yahoo.com.cn (RJC); zjsimmons@yahoo.com.cn (JZ)

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Jiangsu Province Official Hospital, Nanjing, China

Ren Jie Chen

xujiaren@tom.com (JRX); renjiechenent@yahoo.com.cn (RJC); zjsimmons@yahoo.com.cn (JZ)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Jin Zhu

xujiaren@tom.com (JRX); renjiechenent@yahoo.com.cn (RJC); zjsimmons@yahoo.com.cn (JZ)

Affiliations Huadong Medical Institute of Biotechnology, Nanjing, China, The Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention & Treatment Cancer Center and The Key Laboratory of Antibody Technique of Ministry of Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRX RJC JZ. Performed the experiments: YM HL MPL. Analyzed the data: YM MPL ZGL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPL DWZ YL QDL. Wrote the paper: YM. Study supervision: JRX RJC JZ.