About the Authors

Wei Liu

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, Jilin Province, China

Liping Peng

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, Jilin Province, China

Hongmei Liu

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, Jilin Province, China

Shucheng Hua

shuchenghua@eyou.com

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, Jilin Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH. Performed the experiments: LP. Analyzed the data: HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WL. Wrote the paper: WL. Read and approved the final manuscript: SH LP HL WL.