About the Authors

Weifeng Zhang

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Yuanxu Guo

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Chen Zhang

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Haiyan Ji

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Wenpeng Meng

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Dongyang Wang

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Xing Li

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Qinwen Mao

q-mao@northwestern.edu (QM); hbxia2001@163.com (HX)

Affiliation Departmet of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Haibin Xia

q-mao@northwestern.edu (QM); hbxia2001@163.com (HX)

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WZ YG DW QM HX. Performed the experiments: WZ YG CZ HJ WM DW XL QM. Analyzed the data: WZ YG CZ DW HJ WM XL QM HX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WZ YG CZ HJ WM DW XL QM HX. Wrote the paper: WF QM HX.