About the Authors

Qing-Hong Zhang

z_qinghong@aliyun.com (QHZ); c_ff@sina.com (YMY)

Affiliation Key Research Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration of PLA, and Beijing Key Research Laboratory of Skin Injury, Repair and Regeneration; First Hospital Affiliated to the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China

An-Min Li

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Hainan Branch of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Sanya, Hainan, 572013, P. R. China

Sai-Lin He

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital Affiliated to the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China

Xu-Dong Yao

Affiliation Department of Emergency, First Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, P. R. China

Jing Zhu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, First Hospital Affiliated to the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China

Zhi-Wen Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital Affiliated to the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China

Zhi-Yong Sheng

Affiliation Key Research Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration of PLA, and Beijing Key Research Laboratory of Skin Injury, Repair and Regeneration; First Hospital Affiliated to the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China

Yong-Ming Yao

z_qinghong@aliyun.com (QHZ); c_ff@sina.com (YMY)

Affiliation Key Research Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration of PLA, and Beijing Key Research Laboratory of Skin Injury, Repair and Regeneration; First Hospital Affiliated to the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QHZ. Performed the experiments: SLH XDY. Analyzed the data: QHZ SLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AML. Wrote the paper: YMY ZYS. Participated in the design, analysis, and interpretation of data for the study, and participated in the drafting of the manuscript: QHZ. Director for the two Departments of Neurosurgery in succession: AML. Participated in the acquisition of the data and evaluation of the neurological functions: SLH. Helped in acquisition the data: XDY JZ. Revised the manuscript: ZYS. Funded of the projects and preparation of the manuscript: YMY. Read and approved the final manuscript: QHZ AML SLH XDY JZ ZWZ ZYS YMY. ZWZ succeeded AML in Department of Neurosurgery in Beijing.