About the Authors

Jun Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun Liu, Renxia Zhang, Fei Chen

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Renxia Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun Liu, Renxia Zhang, Fei Chen

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Yuhuangding Hospital, Medical School of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China

Fei Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun Liu, Renxia Zhang, Fei Chen

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Cuicui Yu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Yuhuangding Hospital, Medical School of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China

Yan Sun

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Yuhuangding Hospital, Medical School of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China

Chuanliang Jia

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Yuhuangding Hospital, Medical School of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China , Binzhou Medical School, Yantai, Shandong, China

Lijing Zhang

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Yuhuangding Hospital, Medical School of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China , Qingdao Medical School, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Taufiq Salahuddin

Affiliation Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Xiaodong Li

Affiliation The 3rdPeople’s Hospital of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, China

Juntian Lang

songxicheng@126.com (XS); wolfjt3610@hotmail.com (J. Lang)

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

Xicheng Song

songxicheng@126.com (XS); wolfjt3610@hotmail.com (J. Lang)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Yuhuangding Hospital, Medical School of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Liu J. Lang XS. Performed the experiments: J. Liu CY RZ FC YS XS. Analyzed the data: J. Liu CJ LZ J. Lang XS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CY XL RZ XS. Wrote the manuscript: J. Liu RZ TS J. Lang XS.