About the Authors

Ni Qiu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ni Qiu, Zhousheng Xiao

Current address: Research Institute of Snake Venom, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Zhousheng Xiao

Contributed equally to this work with: Ni Qiu, Zhousheng Xiao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Li Cao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Valentin David

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Leigh Darryl Quarles

dquarles@uthsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NQ ZSX LDQ. Performed the experiments: NQ LC VD ZSX. Analyzed the data: NQ ZSX LDQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NQ LC VD ZSX LDQ. Wrote the paper: NQ ZSX LDQ.