About the Authors

Yingying Han

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Qilong Wang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Ping Song

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Yi Zhu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Ming-Hui Zou

ming-hui-zou@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ. Performed the experiments: YH QW PS. Analyzed the data: YH QW PS. Wrote the paper: YH YZ MZ.