About the Authors

Qiaoyun Zhou

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China

Shuyu Gui

guishuyu@126.com (SG); wangyuan@ahmu.edu.cn (YW)

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Key Laboratory of Gene Research of Anhui Province, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China

Qing Zhou

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Key Laboratory of Gene Research of Anhui Province, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China

Yuan Wang

guishuyu@126.com (SG); wangyuan@ahmu.edu.cn (YW)

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Key Laboratory of Gene Research of Anhui Province, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW SG. Performed the experiments: Qiaoyun Zhou Qing Zhou YW SG. Analyzed the data: Qiaoyun Zhou Qing Zhou YW SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Qiaoyun Zhou Qing Zhou YW SG. Wrote the paper: Qiaoyun Zhou SG YW.