About the Authors

Shi Jin

Contributed equally to this work with: Shi Jin, Yi Deng

Affiliations Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Micro-environment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China, Department of Medical Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, P.R. China

Yi Deng

Contributed equally to this work with: Shi Jin, Yi Deng

Affiliations Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Micro-environment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China, Cancer Center, Research Institute of Surgery and Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China

Jun-Wei Hao

Affiliation Department of neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China

Yang Li

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Micro-environment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China

Bin Liu

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Micro-environment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China

Yan Yu

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, P.R. China

Fu-Dong Shi

Affiliation Department of neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China

Qing-Hua Zhou

zhouqh135@163.com

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Micro-environment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ JWH FDS QHZ. Performed the experiments: SJ YD BL YL YY. Analyzed the data: SJ YD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWH FDS QHZ. Wrote the paper: SJ YD QHZ.