About the Authors

Minlong Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Minlong Zhang, Mingqing Dong

Affiliation Department of Respiration, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China

Mingqing Dong

Contributed equally to this work with: Minlong Zhang, Mingqing Dong

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China

Wei Liu

Affiliations Department of Respiration, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China

Li Wang

Affiliation Department of Respiration, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China

Ying Luo

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China

Zhichao Li

lizhic@fmmu.edu.cn (ZL); jinfag@fmmu.edu.cn (FJ)

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China

Faguang Jin

lizhic@fmmu.edu.cn (ZL); jinfag@fmmu.edu.cn (FJ)

Affiliations Department of Respiration, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FGJ ZCL. Analyzed the data: MLZ MQD. Wrote the paper: FGJ ZCL MLZ MQD. Carried out cell culture, PCR, Western blot, measurement of cell monolayer permeability: MLZ MQD. Performed lung morphology, lung wet/dry weight ratio analysis, assessment of extravasation of Evans blue and Elisa: WL LW YL. Read and approved final manuscript: FGJ ZCL MLZ MQD WL LW YL.