About the Authors

Xijin Xu

Affiliations Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Developmental Toxicology, and Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Junxiao Liu

Affiliation Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Developmental Toxicology, and Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Xiang Zeng

Affiliations Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Developmental Toxicology, and Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Fangfang Lu

Affiliation Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Developmental Toxicology, and Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Aimin Chen

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, United States of America

Xia Huo

xhuo@stu.edu.cn

Affiliation Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Developmental Toxicology, and Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XH XJX. Performed the experiments: JXL. Analyzed the data: XJX JXL AMC FFL XZ. Wrote the paper: XJX JXL AMC FFL XZ XH.