About the Authors

Qiang Liu

Affiliation Divisions of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Sharareh Emadi

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Jian-Xin Shen

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Shantou University of Medical College, Shantou, People’s Republic of China

Michael R. Sierks

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Jie Wu

Jie.Wu@chw.edu

Affiliations Divisions of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Shantou University of Medical College, Shantou, People’s Republic of China, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QL JW. Performed the experiments: QL SE MS. Analyzed the data: QL SE JS MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QL SE MS JW. Wrote the paper: QL JS MS JW.