About the Authors

Jianlin Chen

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pathology and Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Hongbo Zhang

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pathology and Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhou Zhou

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Zhangsheng Yang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Yiling Ding

Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pathology and Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhiguang Zhou

Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pathology and Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Edward Zhong

Affiliation Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Bernard Arulanandam

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Joel Baseman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Guangming Zhong

Zhongg@UTHSCSA.EDU

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ JC YD Zhiguang Zhou BA JB. Performed the experiments: JC HZ Zhou Zhou ZY. Analyzed the data: GZ Zhiguang Zhou JB EZ. Wrote the paper: GZ Zhou Zhou JB EZ.