About the Authors

Yongzhe Liu

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China

Lan Qiu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, No. 2 Jikun Hospital, Urumchi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 830013, China

Yanxun Wang

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China

Halimulati Aimurola

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chest Hospital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Urumchi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 830049, China

Yuyue Zhao

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China

Shan Li

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China

Zuojun Xu

xuzj@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJX YZL. Performed the experiments: YYZ SL LQ YZL YXW HA. Analyzed the data: YZL YXW ZJX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZL ZJX. Wrote the paper: YZL ZJX.