About the Authors

Fengchan Han

Affiliations The Transformative Otology and Neuroscience Center, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Heping Yu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Ping Li

Affiliation The Transformative Otology and Neuroscience Center, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China

Jiangping Zhang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Cong Tian

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Hongbo Li

Affiliation The Transformative Otology and Neuroscience Center, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China

Qing Yin Zheng

qing.Zheng@case.edu

Affiliations The Transformative Otology and Neuroscience Center, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QYZ FH. Performed the experiments: FH HY PL JZ CT HL QYZ. Analyzed the data: FH HY PL JZ CT HL QYZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FH QYZ. Wrote the paper: FH JZ QYZ.