About the Authors

Yali Zhao

Affiliation Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Meng-Chin A. Lin

Affiliation Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Allan Mock

Affiliation Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ming Yang

Affiliation School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Nancy L. Wayne

nwayne@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ MAL AM MY NLW. Performed the experiments: YZ MAL AM MY. Analyzed the data: YZ MAL AM MY NLW. Wrote the paper: YZ NLW.