About the Authors

Yunfeng Yuan

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Yaxing Shen

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Liang Xue

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Hong Fan

fanhong6000@126.com

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY HF. Performed the experiments: YY YS LX. Analyzed the data: YY YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HF. Wrote the manuscript: YY.