About the Authors

Xiaohong Liao

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaohong Liao, Zhengbo Hu, Wenkuan Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zhengbo Hu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaohong Liao, Zhengbo Hu, Wenkuan Liu

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Wenkuan Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaohong Liao, Zhengbo Hu, Wenkuan Liu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yan Lu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Dehui Chen

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Meixin Chen

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Shuyan Qiu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zhiqi Zeng

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xingui Tian

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Hong Cui

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Rong Zhou

zhourong_gird@163.com

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RZ WKL. Performed the experiments: XHL WKL MXC SYQ HC. Analyzed the data: XHL ZBH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DHC YL XHL ZQZ XGT. Wrote the paper: XHL ZBH WKL RZ.