About the Authors

Shaohua Zhao

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Geriatric Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Huikai Tian

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Limei Ma

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Ying Yuan

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

C. Ron Yu

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Minghong Ma

minghong@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ HT MM. Performed the experiments: SZ HT. Analyzed the data: SZ HT YY MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM CRY. Wrote the paper: SZ HT MM.