About the Authors

Shigang Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Shigang Liu, Ruohan Wu

Affiliation Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Ruohan Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Shigang Liu, Ruohan Wu

Affiliation Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Lei Li

Affiliation Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Li Liu

Affiliation Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Guoqin Li

Affiliation Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Xia Zhang

Affiliation Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Yuyan Guo

Affiliation Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Yinghui Wang

Affiliation Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Hong Zhang

Affiliation Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Guangxi Li

Affiliations Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Hui Li

hui_li269@sina.com

Affiliation Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGL GXL HL. Performed the experiments: GQL XZ L. Li L. Liu YYG YHW. Analyzed the data: RHW HZ. Wrote the paper: SGL RHW. Read and approved the final paper: SGL RHW L. Li L. Liu GQL XZ YYG YHW HZ GXL HL.