About the Authors

Mingzi Jiang

Affiliation Department of Respiratory, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Jing Yao

Affiliation Department of Respiratory, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Ganzhu Feng

fenggz@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Respiratory, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GF. Performed the experiments: MJ JY. Analyzed the data: MJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF. Wrote the paper: MJ.