About the Authors

Haiping Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Zunji Ke

Affiliation Institute for Nutritional Sciences, SIBS, CAS, Shanghai, China

Alexander Alimov

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Mei Xu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jacqueline A. Frank

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Shengyun Fang

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jia Luo

jialuo888@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HW ZK SF JL. Performed the experiments: HW AA ZK MX JF. Analyzed the data: HW ZK SF JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF. Wrote the paper: HW ZK JF JL.