About the Authors

Hyung sun Yoo

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Liping Qiao

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Chris Bosco

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lok-Hei Leong

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Nikki Lytle

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Gen-Sheng Feng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Nai-Wen Chi

Affiliation Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare system, and Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jianhua Shao

jishao@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS. Performed the experiments: HY LQ CB LL NKL. Analyzed the data: HY NC JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF. Wrote the paper: HY NC JS.