About the Authors

Chun-Ping Chu

Affiliation Cellular Function Research Center, Yanbian University, Yanji City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China

Wen-Zhe Jin

Affiliations Cellular Function Research Center, Yanbian University, Yanji City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, College of Medicine, Yanbian University, Yanji City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China, Department of Pain, Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University, Yanji City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China

Yan-Hua Bing

Affiliations Cellular Function Research Center, Yanbian University, Yanji City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, College of Medicine, Yanbian University, Yanji City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China

Qing-Hua Jin

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, College of Medicine, Yanbian University, Yanji City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China

Hiroshi Kannan

Affiliation Departments of Nutrition, Faculty of Home Economics, Kyushu Women's University, Kitakyushu, Japan

De-Lai Qiu

dlqiu@ybu.edu.cn

Affiliations Cellular Function Research Center, Yanbian University, Yanji City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, College of Medicine, Yanbian University, Yanji City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLQ QHJ HK. Performed the experiments: CPC DLQ. Analyzed the data: WZJ DLQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YHB. Wrote the paper: CPC DLQ.