About the Authors

Jia Xiao

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Xiao, Jiteng Wang

Affiliations Department of Immunobiology, Institute of Tissue Transplantation and Immunology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Department of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China

Jiteng Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Xiao, Jiteng Wang

Affiliation School of Fishery, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China

Feiyue Xing

Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, Institute of Tissue Transplantation and Immunology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Tao Han

Affiliation School of Fishery, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China

Rui Jiao

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Emily C. Liong

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Man-Lung Fung

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Brain Hormone Healthy Aging Centre, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Kwok-Fai So

Affiliations GMH Institute of Central Nervous System Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Brain Hormone Healthy Aging Centre, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

George L. Tipoe

tgeorge@hku.hk

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Brain Hormone Healthy Aging Centre, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX JW KFS GLT. Performed the experiments: JX JW TH. Analyzed the data: JX FX ECL MLF GLT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLF KFS. Wrote the paper: JX FX GLT.