About the Authors

Rui Guo

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Glenda I. Scott

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Jun Ren

jren@uwyo.edu

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG JR. Performed the experiments: RG GIS JR. Analyzed the data: RG GIS JR. Wrote the paper: RG JR.