About the Authors

Leilei Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Leilei Liu, Ping Zhan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Ping Zhan

Contributed equally to this work with: Leilei Liu, Ping Zhan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Nanjing Thoracic Hospital, Nanjing, China

Xiaodie Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Yong Song

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Xiaojun Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Like Yu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Nanjing Thoracic Hospital, Nanjing, China

Jiandong Wang

yulike66@163.com

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW YS Xiaojun Zhou. Performed the experiments: LL PZ Xiaodie Zhou. Analyzed the data: LY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL. Wrote the paper: JW.