About the Authors

Chuanwen Lu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Wenbin Zhu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Chwan-Li Shen

leslie.shen@ttuhsc.edu (CS); weimin.gao@tiehh.ttu.edu (WG)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Weimin Gao

leslie.shen@ttuhsc.edu (CS); weimin.gao@tiehh.ttu.edu (WG)

Affiliation Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL CS WG. Performed the experiments: CL WZ CS WG. Analyzed the data: CL WZ CS WG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS WG. Wrote the paper: CL WZ CS WG.