About the Authors

Yiliu Liao

Affiliation Department of Traumatic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

Peng Liu

Affiliation Department of Traumatic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

Fangyuan Guo

Affiliation Department of Traumatic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

Zhi-Yuan Zhang

zhiyuan.zhang@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de (ZYZ); zhangzhiren@yahoo.com (ZZ)

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Zhiren Zhang

zhiyuan.zhang@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de (ZYZ); zhangzhiren@yahoo.com (ZZ)

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Third Military Medical University of PLA, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZYZ ZZ. Performed the experiments: YL PL FG. Analyzed the data: YL PL FG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL. Wrote the paper: YL ZYZ ZZ.