About the Authors

Li Fang

These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory Disease, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Zhi Xu

These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory Disease, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Guan-song Wang

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory Disease, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Fu-yun Ji

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory Disease, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Chun-xia Mei

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory Disease, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Juan Liu

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory Disease, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Guo-ming Wu

cg2014fl@163.com

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory Disease, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZX LF. Wrote the paper: LF. Contributed to the study concept and design: ZX. Contributed to error-prone PCR, construction and screening of phage-display libraries: ZX LF. Contributed to cell preparation and anti-endotoxin therapy in vitro which include TNF-α assay by PCR and NF-kB assay by EMSA: GSW FYJ. Contributed to establishment of LPS-induced ALI model and anti-endotoxin therapy in vivo which include arterial blood gas analysis: CXM JL. Supervised, had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and accuracy of the data analyses: GMW. Contributed to the editing of the manuscript: ZX.