About the Authors

Yating Peng

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Otolaryngology, Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, China

Jie Chen

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China

Shan He

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, People's Hospital of Shanghai Pudong District, Shanghai, China

Jun Yang

otology-xinhua@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Hao Wu

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY. Performed the experiments: YTP JC SH. Analyzed the data: YTP JC JY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YTP JC. Wrote the paper: YTP JC JY. Provided laboratory for the experiments: HW.