About the Authors

Jingyue Liu

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Respiratory Research Laboratory, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Mingxiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Chao Niu

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Respiratory Research Laboratory, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Zhengxiu Luo

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Respiratory Research Laboratory, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Jihong Dai

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Respiratory Research Laboratory, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Lijia Wang

Affiliation Respiratory Research Laboratory, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Enmei Liu

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Respiratory Research Laboratory, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Zhou Fu

fu_zhou79@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Respiratory Research Laboratory, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to the idea and directed the research: CN ZXL JHD EML. Conceived and designed the experiments: JYL MXZ ZF. Performed the experiments: JYL LJW. Analyzed the data: JYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZF. Wrote the paper: JYL ZF.