About the Authors

Yin Yao

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Yao, Qing-Xiang Zeng, Xue-Quan Deng

Affiliations Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Qing-Xiang Zeng

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Yao, Qing-Xiang Zeng, Xue-Quan Deng

Affiliations Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Xue-Quan Deng

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Yao, Qing-Xiang Zeng, Xue-Quan Deng

Affiliations Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Guan-Nan Tang

Affiliations Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Jie-Bo Guo

Affiliations Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Yue-Qi Sun

Affiliations Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Kun Ru

Affiliations Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Alicia N. Rizzo

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jian-Bo Shi

Affiliations Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Qing-Ling Fu

fuqingl@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliations Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QF. Performed the experiments: YY QZ XD GT YS KR. Analyzed the data: QF YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG JS. Wrote the paper: YY QF AR.