About the Authors

Jie Qing

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Denise Yan

Affiliation Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Yuan Zhou

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Qiong Liu

Affiliation Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Weijing Wu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Zian Xiao

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Yuyuan Liu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Jia Liu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Lilin Du

Affiliation Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Dinghua Xie

xliu@med.Miami.edu (XZL); dhuaxie@163.com (DX)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Xue Zhong Liu

xliu@med.Miami.edu (XZL); dhuaxie@163.com (DX)

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JQ DY QL WW ZX DX XZL. Performed the experiments: JQ DY YZ YL LD JL. Analyzed the data: QJ DY DX XZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JQ DY QL WW ZX DX XZL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: QJ DY DX XZL. Family contact: JQ YL DX.