About the Authors

Amy G. W. Gong

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

Vincent Y. Huang

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

Huai Y. Wang

Affiliations Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, 518000, Guangdong Province, China

Huang Q. Lin

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

Tina T. X. Dong

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

Karl W. K. Tsim

botsim@ust.hk

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AG. Data curation: AG. Formal analysis: AG. Funding acquisition: KT. Investigation: AG. Methodology: AG. Project administration: KT. Resources: AG. Software: AG VH. Supervision: KT. Validation: AG. Visualization: AG TD HQL. Writing – original draft: AG. Writing – review & editing: AG HYW.