About the Authors

Leilei Wang

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Chuanzhou Li

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Hao Guo

Affiliation Tongji School of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Timothy S. Kern

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Kun Huang

kunhuang2008@hotmail.com (KH); lzheng217@hotmail.com (LZ)

Affiliation Tongji School of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Ling Zheng

kunhuang2008@hotmail.com (KH); lzheng217@hotmail.com (LZ)

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ KH. Performed the experiments: LW CZL HG LZ. Analyzed the data: LZ KH TSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW CZL HG LZ. Wrote the paper: LZ KH TSK.