About the Authors

Qingfen Qiang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jeanne M. Manalo

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hong Sun

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Yujin Zhang

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Anren Song

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alexander Q. Wen

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Y. Edward Wen

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Changhan Chen

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hong Liu

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Ying Cui

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Travis Nemkov

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Julie A. Reisz

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

George Edwards III

Roles Methodology

Affiliations University of Texas MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Neurology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Fred A. Perreira

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rodney E. Kellems

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Claudio Soto

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Angelo D’Alessandro

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Yang Xia

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

yang.xia@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.