About the Authors

Md Saha Jamaluddin

Affiliation Molecular Surgeon Research Center, Division of Surgical Research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of American

Shaoyu Yan

Affiliation Molecular Surgeon Research Center, Division of Surgical Research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of American

Jianming Lü

Affiliation Molecular Surgeon Research Center, Division of Surgical Research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of American

Zhengdong Liang

Affiliation Molecular Surgeon Research Center, Division of Surgical Research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of American

Qizhi Yao

Affiliation Molecular Surgeon Research Center, Division of Surgical Research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of American

Changyi Chen

jchen@bcm.tmc.edu

Affiliation Molecular Surgeon Research Center, Division of Surgical Research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of American

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSJ SY JL ZL QY CC. Performed the experiments: MSJ SY JL ZL. Analyzed the data: MSJ SY JL ZL QY CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL ZL QY CC. Wrote the paper: MSJ SY CC.