About the Authors

Ying Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Li, Yongwen Li, Tong Yang

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Yongwen Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Li, Yongwen Li, Tong Yang

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Tong Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Li, Yongwen Li, Tong Yang

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Sen Wei

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Jing Wang

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Min Wang

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Yuli Wang

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Qinghua Zhou

zhouqh1016@yahoo.com.cn (QZ); liuhongyu123@hotmail.com (HL); huntercj2004@yahoo.com (JC)

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Hongyu Liu

zhouqh1016@yahoo.com.cn (QZ); liuhongyu123@hotmail.com (HL); huntercj2004@yahoo.com (JC)

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Jun Chen

zhouqh1016@yahoo.com.cn (QZ); liuhongyu123@hotmail.com (HL); huntercj2004@yahoo.com (JC)

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Heping District, Tianjin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC HYL QHZ. Performed the experiments: JC HYL TY SW YWL YL. Analyzed the data: HYL JC JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YLW MW. Wrote the paper: HYL JC.