About the Authors

Hui Wang

Affiliation School of Public Health, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Lei Yang

Affiliation School of Public Health, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Linnan Zou

Affiliation School of Public Health, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Dongsheng Huang

Affiliations School of Public Health, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yuan Guo

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

Mingan Pan

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yigang Tan

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Haibo Zhong

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Weidong Ji

Affiliation School of Public Health, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Pixin Ran

Affiliation Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Nanshan Zhong

Affiliation Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Jiachun Lu

jcLu@gzhmc.edu.cn

Affiliation School of Public Health, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NZ JL. Performed the experiments: HW LY LZ DH YG MP YT HZ WJ PR. Analyzed the data: HW LY LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW LY LZ. Wrote the paper: HW LZ JL.