About the Authors

Qiuju Yuan

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Huanxing Su

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China

Wing Hin Chau

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Cheung Toa Ng

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Jian-Dong Huang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Wutian Wu

wtwu@hkucc.hku.hk (WW); linzx@cuhk.edu.hk (Z-XL)

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China, Research Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China, Institute of Central Nervous System Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Zhi-Xiu Lin

wtwu@hkucc.hku.hk (WW); linzx@cuhk.edu.hk (Z-XL)

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed the experiments: HS. Conceived and designed the experiments: J-DH WW Z-XL. Performed the experiments: QY WHC CTN. Analyzed the data: QY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS. Wrote the paper: QY Z-XL.