About the Authors

Zhuang-Gui Chen

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Institute of Respiratory Diseases of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pediatrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Tian-Tuo Zhang

zhtituli@163.com

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Institute of Respiratory Diseases of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Hong-Tao Li

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Institute of Respiratory Diseases of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Fen-Hua Chen

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Xiao-Ling Zou

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Institute of Respiratory Diseases of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Jing-Zhi Ji

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Hong Chen

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTZ ZGC. Performed the experiments: ZGC. Analyzed the data: JZJ HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HTL FHC XLZ. Wrote the paper: ZGC.