About the Authors

Wei Yao

wei.yao@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Healthy Aging, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Weiwei Dai

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Healthy Aging, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Mohammad Shahnazari

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Healthy Aging, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Aaron Pham

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Healthy Aging, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Zhiqiang Chen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Healthy Aging, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Haiyan Chen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Healthy Aging, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Min Guan

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Healthy Aging, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Nancy E. Lane

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Healthy Aging, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WY NEL. Performed the experiments: WY WD MS AP ZC HC MG NEL. Analyzed the data: WY WD MS HC NEL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY NEL. Wrote the paper: WY NEL.