About the Authors

Li Yin

Affiliations Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Institute of Pathology and Southwest Cancer Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xin-Tian Zhang

Affiliation Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Xiu-Wu Bian

Affiliation Institute of Pathology and Southwest Cancer Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yu-Ming Guo

Affiliation Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Zhao-Yi Wang

zywang@creighton.edu

Affiliation Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZYW LY XTZ. Performed the experiments: LY XTZ. Analyzed the data: LY XTZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZYW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ZYW. Experimental technical support: XWB YMG.