About the Authors

Yu Zheng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Qihui Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Qihui Wang, Chenxia Yun

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Chenxia Yun

Contributed equally to this work with: Qihui Wang, Chenxia Yun

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Yingjun Wang

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Wanli W. Smith

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jing Leng

jingleng.gx@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Competing Interests

Co-author Wanli Smith is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. And this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ JL WWS. Performed the experiments: YZ QW CY YW. Analyzed the data: YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW YZ QW. Wrote the paper: YZ WWS JL.