About the Authors

Yu-Lun Lo

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Lun Lo, Ting-Yu Lin

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Ting-Yu Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Lun Lo, Ting-Yu Lin

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Yueh-Fu Fang

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Tsai-Yu Wang

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Hao-Cheng Chen

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Liang Chou

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Fu-Tsai Chung

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Hsi Kuo

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Hao Feng

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Ying Liu

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Han-Pin Kuo

q8828@ms11.hinet.net

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-LL T-YL H-PK. Performed the experiments: Y-LL T-YL Y-FF T-YW. Analyzed the data: Y-LL T-YL H-PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C-YL. Wrote the paper: T-YL. Performed bronchoscopy: C-HC C-LC F-TC C-HK P-HF.