About the Authors

Yan Han

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Man To Ling

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Huawei Mao

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Jian Zheng

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Ming Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Kwok Tai Lam

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Yuan Liu

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Wenwei Tu

lauylung@hku.hk (Y. Lau); wwtu@hku.hk (WT)

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Yu-Lung Lau

lauylung@hku.hk (Y. Lau); wwtu@hku.hk (WT)

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YH HM WT Y. Lau. Performed the experiments: YH MTL JZ KTL Y. Liu. Analyzed the data: YH HM ML WT Y. Lau. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH. Wrote the paper: YH. Reviewed and critically revised the manuscript: WT Y. Lau.