About the Authors

Shuan-shuan Xie

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuan-shuan Xie, Ming Li

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, Peoples R China

Ming Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuan-shuan Xie, Ming Li

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, Peoples R China

Cai-cun Zhou

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Tongji University Cancer Institute, Shanghai, Peoples R China

Xiao-lian Song

song-xiao-lian@hotmail.com (XLS); wang-chang-hui@hotmail.com (CHW)

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, Peoples R China

Chang-hui Wang

song-xiao-lian@hotmail.com (XLS); wang-chang-hui@hotmail.com (CHW)

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, Peoples R China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XLS CHW CCZ. Performed the experiments: SSX ML. Analyzed the data: CCZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSX ML. Wrote the paper: SSX ML.