About the Authors

Xiaoming Fan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Yingnyu Gao

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Xiaolu Zhang

Roles Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Haroon Y. Lughmani

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

David J. Kennedy

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Steven T. Haller

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Sandrine V. Pierre

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Joseph I. Shapiro

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Jiang Tian

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tianj@marshall.edu

Affiliation Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.