About the Authors

Xin-peng Dun

xin-peng.dun@plymouth.ac.uk

Affiliations Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xian-Ning City, Hubei, China

David B. Parkinson

Affiliation Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XD DP. Performed the experiments: XD DP. Analyzed the data: XD DP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XD DP. Wrote the paper: XD DP.