About the Authors
- Yong-hua Gao
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yong-hua Gao, Hua-si Zhao
Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Hua-si Zhao
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yong-hua Gao, Hua-si Zhao
Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Fu-rui Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Yang Gao
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Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Pamela Shen
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Affiliation Medical Sciences Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Rong-chang Chen
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* E-mail: zhanggj1966@sina.com (GJZ); chenrc@vip.163.com (RCC)
Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Guo-jun Zhang
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* E-mail: zhanggj1966@sina.com (GJZ); chenrc@vip.163.com (RCC)
Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GJZ RCC YHG HSZ. Performed the experiments: YHG HSZ FRZ YG. Analyzed the data: YHG HSZ FRZ YG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YHG HSZ FRZ YG. Wrote the paper: YHG HSZ PS. Guarantor of the manuscript and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis: GJZ RCC. Copyedit of the manuscript thoroughly for language usage, spelling, and grammar, and interpretation of data: PS.