About the Authors

Pin Lu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Huanhuan Li

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Ning Li

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Ravi N. Singh

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Colin E. Bishop

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Xiangxian Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

blu@wakehealth.edu (B.L); Jhchxxlu@mail.ahnu.edu.cn (X.C.)

Affiliations Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Baisong Lu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

blu@wakehealth.edu (B.L); Jhchxxlu@mail.ahnu.edu.cn (X.C.)

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.