About the Authors

Jun-Jiang Chen

Current address: School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Affiliations Guangdong Key Laboratory for Molecular Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, United States of America

Atish Patel

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, United States of America

Kamlesh Sodani

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, United States of America

Zhi-Jie Xiao

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, United States of America

Amit K. Tiwari

Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, United States of America

Dong-Mei Zhang

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Ying-Jie Li

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Dong-Hua Yang

Affiliation Biosample Repository, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wen-Cai Ye

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Si-Dong Chen

chenz@stjohns.edu (Z-SC); sdchen2@126.com (S-DC)

Affiliation Guangdong Key Laboratory for Molecular Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China

Zhe-Sheng Chen

chenz@stjohns.edu (Z-SC); sdchen2@126.com (S-DC)

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJC AKT SDC ZSC. Performed the experiments: JJC KS ZJX AKT AP YJL DHY. Analyzed the data: JJC AKT ZJX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMZ DHY WCY. Wrote the manuscript: JJC ZJX ZSC.