About the Authors

Delira Robbins

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Xin Gu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Runhua Shi

Affiliation Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Jianfeng Liu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Fei Wang

Affiliation College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China

Jacqulyne Ponville

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States of America

Joe M. McCord

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Yunfeng Zhao

yzhao1@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

J.M.M. serves as consultant for LifeVantage Corp, San Diego, CA, and has a financial interest in the company.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM YZ. Performed the experiments: DR XG JL FW JP YZ. Analyzed the data: DR XG RS YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM. Wrote the paper: DR YZ.