About the Authors

Feng-Lei Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Feng-Lei Zhang, Ping Wang

Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, College of Basic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China, Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Ping Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Feng-Lei Zhang, Ping Wang

Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, College of Basic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China, Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Yun-Hui Liu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Li-bo Liu

Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, College of Basic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China, Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Xiao-Bai Liu

Affiliation 96th Class, 7-Year Program, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Zhen Li

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Yi-Xue Xue

xueyixue888@163.com

Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, College of Basic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China, Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YXX YHL FLZ PW. Performed the experiments: FLZ PW LBL XBL ZL. Analyzed the data: FLZ PW LBL XBL YHL YXX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PW LBL YXX YHL. Wrote the manuscript: FLZ PW YHL YXX.