About the Authors

Gen-cheng Gong

Affiliation Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China

Wen-zhu Fan

Affiliation Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China

Di-zheng Li

Affiliation Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China

Xiong Tian

Affiliation Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China

Shao-jun Chen

Affiliation Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China

Yu-cai Fu

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Senescence, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, China

Wen-can Xu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, China

Chi-ju Wei

chijuwei@stu.edu.cn

Affiliation Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJW YCF WCX GCG. Performed the experiments: GCG WZF DZL. Analyzed the data: CJW GCG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XT SJC. Wrote the paper: CJW GCG.