About the Authors

Ting Wang

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China

Zong-An Liang

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China

Andrew J. Sandford

Affiliation The UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Institute for Heart + Lung Health, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Xing-Yu Xiong

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China

Yin-Yin Yang

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China

Yu-Lin Ji

jianqing.he@hli.ubc.ca (J-QH);jiyulin@263.net (Y-LJ)

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China

Jian-Qing He

jianqing.he@hli.ubc.ca (J-QH);jiyulin@263.net (Y-LJ)

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLJ ZAL TW JQH. Performed the experiments: TW XYX YYY. Analyzed the data: TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TW XYX YYY. Wrote the paper: TW AJS JQH. Interpreted the results: TW AJS JQH.