About the Authors

Qilong Wang

Affiliation Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Miao Zhang

Affiliation Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Bin Liang

Affiliation Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Najeeb Shirwany

Affiliation Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Yi Zhu

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

Ming-Hui Zou

ming-hui-zou@ouhsc.edu

Affiliations Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences 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: M-HZ. Performed the experiments: QW BL MZ. Analyzed the data: QW BL MZ. Wrote the paper: QW NS YZ M-HZ.