About the Authors

Kang Kang

Affiliations College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Xiaoying Zhang

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Hongtao Liu

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Zhiwei Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shenzhen Sun Yat-Sen Cardiovascular Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Jiasheng Zhong

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Zhenting Huang

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Xiao Peng

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Yan Zeng

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Yuna Wang

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Yi Yang

Affiliation School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Jun Luo

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Deming Gou

dmgou@szu.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG. Performed the experiments: KK XY HL JZ ZH YW XZ. Analyzed the data: DG ZW KK HL JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ YY XP. Wrote the paper: KK DG.