About the Authors

Di Hu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

Guohua Hu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

Jing Zhu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

Yang Shen

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

Houyong Kang

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

Suling Hong

icehudi@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH GHH SLH. Performed the experiments: DH JZ. Analyzed the data: DH GHH SLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH GHH SLH JZ HYK YS. Wrote the paper: DH YS GHH SLH.