About the Authors

Jian Xu

jian-xu@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Shuangxi Wang

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Miao Zhang

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Qilong Wang

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Sima Asfa

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Ming-Hui Zou

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX M-HZ . Performed the experiments: JX SW MZ QW SA . Analyzed the data: JX SW MZ M-HZ. Wrote the paper: JX M-HZ.