About the Authors

Lichun Zhou

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Hong Yang

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Xinghua Lin

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Emmanuel U. Okoro

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Zhongmao Guo

zguo@mmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ HY ZG. Performed the experiments: LZ. Analyzed the data: LZ ZG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ HY XL EUO. Wrote the paper: LZ ZG.