About the Authors

Huan Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Huan Liu, Huan Ning

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China, Heibei North University Medical College, Zhangjiakou, China

Huan Ning

Contributed equally to this work with: Huan Liu, Huan Ning

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Hongchao Men

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

Rong Hou

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mingui Fu

Affiliation Shock/Trauma Research Center & Department of Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Hailin Zhang

jliu9@slu.edu (JL); zhanghl@hebmu.edu.cn (HZ)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

Jianguo Liu

jliu9@slu.edu (JL); zhanghl@hebmu.edu.cn (HZ)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ JL. Performed the experiments: HL HN HM RH. Analyzed the data: HZ JL MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ JL RH. Wrote the paper: JL.