About the Authors

Jun-xiang Yin

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun-xiang Yin, Jiang-long Tu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Jiang-long Tu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun-xiang Yin, Jiang-long Tu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Hao-jie Lin

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Fu-dong Shi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Ru-lan Liu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Chong-bo Zhao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Stephen W. Coons

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Sandra Kuniyoshi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Jiong Shi

jiong.shi@chw.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JxY JlT FdS CbZ SK JS. Performed the experiments: JxY JlT HjL RlL CbZ JS. Analyzed the data: JxY JlT HjL RlL SC SK JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HjL FdS RlL SC. Wrote the paper: JxY JlT FdS RlL CbZ SC SK JS.