About the Authors

Yihua Lin

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Jia Wei

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Lili Fan

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Deyun Cheng

chengdeyunSCU@163.com

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHL DYC. Performed the experiments: YHL JW. Analyzed the data: YHL JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LLF. Wrote the paper: YHL DYC.