About the Authors

Jun Liu

Affiliations Division of Geriatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Center for Research at Bio/Nano Interface, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, Shands Cancer Center, UF Genetics Institute and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Huixia Liu

lhx900@yahoo.com.cn (HL); tan@chem.ufl.edu (WT)

Affiliation Division of Geriatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Kwame Sefah

Affiliation Center for Research at Bio/Nano Interface, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, Shands Cancer Center, UF Genetics Institute and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Bo Liu

Affiliation Division of Geriatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Ying Pu

Affiliation Division of Geriatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Dimitri Van Simaeys

Affiliation Center for Research at Bio/Nano Interface, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, Shands Cancer Center, UF Genetics Institute and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Weihong Tan

lhx900@yahoo.com.cn (HL); tan@chem.ufl.edu (WT)

Affiliation Center for Research at Bio/Nano Interface, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, Shands Cancer Center, UF Genetics Institute and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL KS HL DVS WT. Performed the experiments: JL KS HL BL YP. Analyzed the data: JL HL BL YP. Wrote the paper: JL WT.