About the Authors

Guang-qiao Zeng

Affiliations First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Rong Liu

Affiliations First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Hai-xing Liao

Affiliation First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xin-feng Zhang

Affiliation First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yuan-xin Qian

Affiliation First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Bao-hua Liu

Affiliation First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Qing-hong Wu

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Centre, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Jin Zhao

Affiliations First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Wei-wang Gu

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Centre, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Hong-tao Li

gyhongtao@126.com

Affiliations First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University; Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H-tL G-qZ RL W-wG. Performed the experiments: H-tL RL H-xL X-fZ Y-xQ B-hL Q-hW JZ. Analyzed the data: G-qZ RL X-fZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H-tL X-fZ G-qZ. Wrote the paper: H-tL G-qZ X-fZ.