About the Authors

Cathy W. C. Bi

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Li Xu

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Xiao Yu Tian

Affiliation Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Jian Liu

Affiliation Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Ken Y. Z. Zheng

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Chi Wai Lau

Affiliation Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

David T. W. Lau

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Roy C. Y. Choi

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Tina T. X. Dong

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Yu Huang

Affiliation Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Karl W. K. Tsim

botsim@ust.hk

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWCB XYT KYZZ YH KWKT. Performed the experiments: CWCB LX JL CWL. Analyzed the data: CWCB LX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DTWL RCYC TTXD YH KWKT. Wrote the paper: CWCB. Revised the manuscript: RCYC YH KWKT.