About the Authors

Naichang Li

Affiliations Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Department of Biochemistry, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Jing Lu

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Gary B. Willars

gbw2@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GBW NL JL. Performed the experiments: NL JL. Analyzed the data: GBW NL JL. Wrote the paper: GBW NL JL.