About the Authors

Xiaojing Zheng

Affiliation Co-Innovation Center for Qinba Regions’ Sustainable Development, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, Shaanxi, P. R. China

Yanqing Li

Affiliation Co-Innovation Center for Qinba Regions’ Sustainable Development, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, Shaanxi, P. R. China

Junli Zhao

Affiliation Co-Innovation Center for Qinba Regions’ Sustainable Development, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, Shaanxi, P. R. China

Dongyang Wang

Affiliation Co-Innovation Center for Qinba Regions’ Sustainable Development, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, Shaanxi, P. R. China

Haibin Xia

hbxia2001@163.com

Affiliation Co-Innovation Center for Qinba Regions’ Sustainable Development, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, Shaanxi, P. R. China

Qinwen Mao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ YL QM HX. Performed the experiments: XZ YL JZ DW QM HX. Analyzed the data: XZ YL JZ DW QM HX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ YL JZ DW QM HX. Wrote the paper: XZ QM HX.