About the Authors

Wen Kuan Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen Kuan Liu, Qian Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Qian Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen Kuan Liu, Qian Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

De Hui Chen

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Huan Xi Liang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xiao Kai Chen

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Mei Xin Chen

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Shu Yan Qiu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zi Yeng Yang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Rong Zhou

zhourong@gird.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RZ WKL QL. Performed the experiments: WKL QL HXL XKC MXC SYQ. Analyzed the data: WKL QL RZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DHC ZYY. Wrote the paper: WKL QL RZ.