About the Authors

Zhongqiu Ni

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Lanxia Zhou

Affiliations The Core Laboratory of the First Affiliated Hospital, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Key Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Diseases of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Xu Li

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Jing Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Shouliang Dong

dongsl@lzu.edu.cn

Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD LZ. Performed the experiments: ZN XL JZ LZ. Analyzed the data: ZN XL JZ LZ SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ SD. Wrote the paper: ZN XL JZ LZ SD.