About the Authors

Yan-li Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan-li Yang, Chao Ji

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Chao Ji

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan-li Yang, Chao Ji

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Zhi-gang Bi

eltonbibenqhospital@yahoo.com.cn (ZGB); jspent@126.com (LC)

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, BenQ Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Chun-cheng Lu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, School of Public Health, Institute of Toxicology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Rong Wang

Affiliation Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, The Research Center for Bone and Stem Cells, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Bing Gu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Lei Cheng

eltonbibenqhospital@yahoo.com.cn (ZGB); jspent@126.com (LC)

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY CJ ZB LC. Performed the experiments: YY CJ ZB CL RW BG LC. Analyzed the data: YY CJ ZB CL RW BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY CJ ZB LC. Wrote the paper: YY CJ ZB LC.