About the Authors

Duo-ling Li

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China, Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Zhi-yong Ma

zhiyongma@yeah.net (ZYM); yanczqlYY@126.com (CZY)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Zhi-jie Fu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Ming-ying Ling

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Chuan-zhu Yan

zhiyongma@yeah.net (ZYM); yanczqlYY@126.com (CZY)

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Yun Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL ZM. Performed the experiments: ZM ZF ML. Analyzed the data: YC YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CY YZ. Wrote the paper: DL ZM.