About the Authors

Fang Du

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong

Zhong-ming Qian

bczmqian@polyu.edu.hk (Z-mQ); yake@cuhk.edu.hk (KY)

Affiliations Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Department of Neurobiology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, People's Republic of China

Li Zhu

Affiliations Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Department of Neurobiology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, People's Republic of China

Xiao Mei Wu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong

Wing-ho Yung

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong

Ting-yuk Tsim

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong

Ya Ke

bczmqian@polyu.edu.hk (Z-mQ); yake@cuhk.edu.hk (KY)

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZMQ YK. Performed the experiments: FD LZ XMW WhY TyT. Analyzed the data: ZMQ YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WhY. Wrote the paper: ZMQ YK.