About the Authors

Xuejiao Shi

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Yue Yu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Mei Luo

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhirong Zhang

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Susheng Shi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Xiaoli Feng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhaoli Chen

chenzhaoli@126.com (ZC); prof.hejie@263.net (JH)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Jie He

chenzhaoli@126.com (ZC); prof.hejie@263.net (JH)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH ZC XS. Performed the experiments: XS. Analyzed the data: SS XF ZZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY ML. Wrote the paper: ZC XS. RNA and DNA extraction: XS ML.