About the Authors

Yanhong Gao

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Sergey Yechikov

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Ana E. Vazquez

avazquez@ucdavis.edu (AEV); lnie@ucdavis.edu (LN)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Dongyang Chen

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Liping Nie

avazquez@ucdavis.edu (AEV); lnie@ucdavis.edu (LN)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LN . Performed the experiments: LN YG SY AV DC. Analyzed the data: LN SY AV. Wrote the paper: LN.