About the Authors

Meiling Su

Contributed equally to this work with: Meiling Su, Wendong Huang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Cardiac and Cerebral Vascular Research Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Wendong Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Meiling Su, Wendong Huang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Cardiac and Cerebral Vascular Research Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Banghao Zhu

zhubh@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Cardiac and Cerebral Vascular Research Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BHZ MLS WDH. Performed the experiments: MLS WDH. Analyzed the data: MLS WDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLS. Wrote the paper: BHZ MLS. Obtained permission for use of cell line: GLW. Performed the animals and induction of HFD model: MLS HWD. Involved in cell culture and western blot: MLS.