About the Authors

Hu Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Hu Peng, Huanhai Liu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Huanhai Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Hu Peng, Huanhai Liu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Shuwei Zhao

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Jian Wu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Jingping Fan

fanjingp@163.com (JF); jianchunliao@163.com (JL)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Jianchun Liao

fanjingp@163.com (JF); jianchunliao@163.com (JL)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HP HL JL SZ. Performed the experiments: HP HL JL JF SZ JW. Analyzed the data: HP HL JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HP HL JL SZ JW JF. Wrote the paper: HP.