About the Authors

Nikki A. Evensen

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Cancer Prevention, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Jian Li

Current address: College of Biological Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen, China

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Cancer Prevention, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Jie Yang

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Xiaojun Yu

Affiliation Department of Tissue Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America

Nicole S. Sampson

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Stanley Zucker

Affiliation Department of Research, Veterans Affair Medical Center, Northport, New York, United States of America

Jian Cao

jian.cao@sunysb.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Cancer Prevention, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAE JL NSS SZ JC. Performed the experiments: NAE JL JC. Analyzed the data: NAE JY JL JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY XY JC. Wrote the manuscript: NAE JC.