About the Authors

Shuo Liang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuo Liang, Jingsong Hu

Affiliation Department of Respiratory, Pulmonary Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Jingsong Hu

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuo Liang, Jingsong Hu

Affiliation Department of Colorectal Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Weijun Cao

Weijun_Cao@163.com (WC); Sanjun_Cai@163.com (SC)

Affiliation Department of Respiratory, Pulmonary Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Sanjun Cai

Weijun_Cao@163.com (WC); Sanjun_Cai@163.com (SC)

Affiliation Department of Colorectal Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WjC SjC. Performed the experiments: SL JsH. Analyzed the data: SL JsH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL JsH. Wrote the paper: WjC SjC.