About the Authors

Xiaoxi Li

Affiliation Immunology and Reproductive Biology Lab, Medical School and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Yixin Xu

Affiliation Immunology and Reproductive Biology Lab, Medical School and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Ling Ma

Affiliation Immunology and Reproductive Biology Lab, Medical School and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Lingyun Sun

Affiliation Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Gengfeng Fu

Affiliation Jiangsu Centers for Diseases Prevention and Control, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Yayi Hou

yayihou@nju.edu.cn

Affiliations Immunology and Reproductive Biology Lab, Medical School and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL LS YH. Performed the experiments: XL YX LM YH. Analyzed the data: XL YX LM GF YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL YX LM LS GF YH. Wrote the paper: XL YH.