About the Authors

Lei Sun

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Dong-Ling Li

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Mei Zhao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Xi He

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Xiao-Jiang Yu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Yi Miao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Hao Wang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Jun Ren

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

Wei-Jin Zang

zwj@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS W-JZ. Performed the experiments: LS D-LL MZ YM HW. Analyzed the data: LS X-JY HW. Wrote the paper: LS JR XH.