About the Authors

Qin Xue

Affiliation Center for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Andrew J. Patterson

Affiliation Center for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Daliao Xiao

Affiliation Center for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Lubo Zhang

lzhang@llu.edu

Affiliation Center for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QX AJP DX LZ. Performed the experiments: QX AJP DX LZ. Analyzed the data: QX AJP DX LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QX AJP DX LZ. Wrote the paper: QX DX LZ.