About the Authors

Hong Wang

Affiliations Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacology, Tianjin, China

Ying Guo

Affiliation Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Xin Zhao

Affiliation Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Huiying Li

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacology, Tianjin, China

Guanwei Fan

Affiliation Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Haoping Mao

Affiliation Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Lin Miao

Affiliation Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Xiumei Gao

gaoxiumei@tjutcm.edu.cn

Affiliations Tianjin Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacology, Tianjin, China, Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HW GF XG. Performed the experiments: HW YG XZ HL. Analyzed the data: HW XG HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM. Wrote the manuscript: HW XG.