About the Authors

Xiao-Li Yao

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-Li Yao, Cheng-Hui Ye

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Cheng-Hui Ye

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-Li Yao, Cheng-Hui Ye

Affiliations Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China, Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Qiang Liu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Jian-bo Wan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, People's Republic of China

Jun Zhen

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Andy Peng Xiang

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Key Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Wei-Qiang Li

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Key Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Yitao Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, People's Republic of China

Huangxing Su

Huanxingsu@umac.mo (HS); goodxilin@163.com. (XLL)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, People's Republic of China

Xi-Lin Lu

Huanxingsu@umac.mo (HS); goodxilin@163.com. (XLL)

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XLY HS XLL WQL. Performed the experiments: XLY CHY XLL JW QL JZ. Analyzed the data: XLY CHY XLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APX YW. Wrote the paper: XLY HS XLL WQL.