About the Authors

Wen-bin Lei

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, National Key Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Republic of China, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Ai-yun Jiang

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, National Key Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Republic of China, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Li-ping Chai

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, National Key Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Republic of China, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Xiao-lin Zhu

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, National Key Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Republic of China, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Zhang-feng Wang

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, National Key Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Republic of China, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Yi-hui Wen

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, National Key Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Republic of China, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Zhen-zhong Su

szhzh@163.com (ZS); wwp1901@yahoo.com.cn (WW)

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, National Key Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Republic of China, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Wei-ping Wen

szhzh@163.com (ZS); wwp1901@yahoo.com.cn (WW)

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, National Key Department of Otorhinolaryngology of People's Republic of China, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZS WW. Performed the experiments: WL AJ LC XZ. Analyzed the data: ZW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW. Wrote the paper: ZS WW.