About the Authors

Yuan Zhang

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Leandra Mfuna Endam

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Abdelali Filali-Mouhim

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Liping Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Martin Desrosiers

dr.luozhang@gmail.com (LZ); handm@trhos.com (DH); desrosiers_martin@hotmail.com (MD)

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Demin Han

dr.luozhang@gmail.com (LZ); handm@trhos.com (DH); desrosiers_martin@hotmail.com (MD)

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Luo Zhang

dr.luozhang@gmail.com (LZ); handm@trhos.com (DH); desrosiers_martin@hotmail.com (MD)

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors declare that co-author Luo Zhang is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ MD L. Zhang. Performed the experiments: YZ LE AF MD L. Zhao. Analyzed the data: YZ LE AF L. Zhao MD DH L. Zhang. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ LE AF L. Zhao MD DH L. Zhang. Wrote the paper: YZ MD L. Zhang.