About the Authors

Zhenhua Yang

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Surong Fang

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yicheng Di

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Weiwei Ying

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yan Tan

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Wei Gu

njguwei@163.com

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WG ZY. Performed the experiments: ZY SF YD. Analyzed the data: WY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY YT. Wrote the paper: ZY WG. Designed the study and handled the submission: WG. Did most of the experiments and prepared the manuscript: ZY.