About the Authors

Cong E. Tan

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'An, China

Hong Jun Li

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

Xian Geng Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

Hui Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

Pei Yu Han

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

Qu An

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

Wei Jun Ding

Ding2004wj@yahoo.com.cn (WJD); wangmiqu@yahoo.com.cn (MQW)

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

Mi Qu Wang

Ding2004wj@yahoo.com.cn (WJD); wangmiqu@yahoo.com.cn (MQW)

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJD MQW. Performed the experiments: CET HJL XGZ HZ PYh. Analyzed the data: CET HJL QA WJD MQW.