About the Authors

Tao Zhou

Affiliation School of life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China

Lili Ye

Affiliation School of life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China

Yu Bai

Affiliation School of life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China

Aiming Sun

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bryan Cox

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dahai Liu

Affiliations School of life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China, Center for Stem Cell and Translational Medicine, Anhui University, Hefei, China

Yong Li

Affiliations School of life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China, Center for Stem Cell and Translational Medicine, Anhui University, Hefei, China

Dennis Liotta

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

James P. Snyder

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Haian Fu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bei Huang

beihuang@163.com

Affiliations School of life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China, Center for Stem Cell and Translational Medicine, Anhui University, Hefei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH HF. Performed the experiments: TZ LY YB AS BC. Analyzed the data: TZ LY YB AS BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: D. Liotta JPS D. Liu YL. Wrote the paper: TZ BH JPS HF.