About the Authors

Peng Xie

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, People's Republic of China

Yanjun Jiang

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, People's Republic of China

Xiaoming Zhang

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Shengbo Yang

ShengboYangZY@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY PX. Performed the experiments: SY YJ PX. Analyzed the data: PX SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PX SY XZ.