About the Authors

Li Xu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Sandeep Pallikkuth

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Zhanjia Hou

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Gregory A. Mignery

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Seth L. Robia

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Renzhi Han

renhan@lumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH LX. Performed the experiments: RH LX SP GM. Analyzed the data: LX RH SP SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZH SR. Wrote the paper: RH.