About the Authors

Elizabeth Yan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Aaron Yun Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Bao Ting Zhu

BTZhu@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EYZ BTZ. Performed the experiments: EYZ AYC. Analyzed the data: EYZ AYC BTZ. Wrote the paper: EYZ AYC BTZ.