About the Authors
- Wenyue Sun
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Steven S. Chang
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Yumei Fu
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Yan Liu
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Joseph A. Califano
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* E-mail: jcalifa@jhmi.edu
Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
J.A. Califano is the Director of Research of the Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Endowment. The terms of this arrangement are being managed by the Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WS JC. Performed the experiments: WS SC YF YL. Analyzed the data: WS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WS. Wrote the paper: WS JC.