About the Authors

Jinhui Zhang

jinhui.zhang@ttuhsc.edu (JZ); junxuan.lu@ttuhsc.edu (JL)

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Li Li

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Thomas W. Hale

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Wayne Chee

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Chengguo Xing

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Cheng Jiang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Junxuan Lü

jinhui.zhang@ttuhsc.edu (JZ); junxuan.lu@ttuhsc.edu (JL)

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL JZ TWH CX CJ. Performed the experiments: JZ LL WC JL. Analyzed the data: JZ LL JL TWH CJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CX CJ. Wrote the paper: JZ LL JL TWH.