About the Authors

Jundong Gu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jundong Gu, Yanjun Wen

Affiliations Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, China

Yanjun Wen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jundong Gu, Yanjun Wen

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, Neurology Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China

Siwei Zhu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, China

Feng Hua

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong, China

Hui Zhao

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, China

Hongrui Xu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medical Center, Tianjin, China

Jiacong You

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

Linlin Sun

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

Weiqiang Wang

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

Jun Chen

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

Qinghua Zhou

zhouqh1016@yahoo.com.cn

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Q-HZ J-DG. Performed the experiments: Y-JW S-WZ J-DG. Analyzed the data: FH HZ H-RX J-CY L-LS. Wrote the paper: J-DG Y-JW W-QW JC.