About the Authors

Xumei Wang

wangxumei@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Rui Yang

Affiliation College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Shifang Feng

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China

Xiaoqi Hou

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China

Yuqu Zhang

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China

Yan Li

Affiliation College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Yi Ren

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XMW YR. Performed the experiments: RY SFF. Analyzed the data: XMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XQH YQZ YL. Wrote the paper: XMW.