About the Authors

Zhiwei Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhiwei Chen, Ling Xu

Affiliation Shanghai Lung Tumor Clinical Medical Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Ling Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhiwei Chen, Ling Xu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

Xiangyun Ye

Affiliation Shanghai Lung Tumor Clinical Medical Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Shengping Shen

Affiliation Shanghai Lung Tumor Clinical Medical Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Ziming Li

Affiliation Shanghai Lung Tumor Clinical Medical Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Xiaomin Niu

Affiliation Shanghai Lung Tumor Clinical Medical Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Shun Lu

lushunsh@126.com

Affiliation Shanghai Lung Tumor Clinical Medical Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZC LX XY SS ZL XN SL. Performed the experiments: ZC LX XY SS ZL. Analyzed the data: ZC LX XY SS ZL SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZC LX XY SS. Wrote the paper: ZC LX XY SS ZL XN SL.