About the Authors
- Lei Liu
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
- Jie Cui
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
- Cheng-Jie Song
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
- Jin-Song Bian
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Anna Sparatore
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche “Pietro Pratesi,” Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Piero Del Soldato
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Affiliation CTG Pharma, Milan, Italy
- Xin-Yu Wang
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* E-mail: yancd55@163.com (CDY); wangxy926@yahoo.com (XYW)
Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
- Chang-Dong Yan
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* E-mail: yancd55@163.com (CDY); wangxy926@yahoo.com (XYW)
Affiliation Department of Physiology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
Competing Interests
Dr. Piero Del Soldato is a shareholder and employee of CTG Pharma, Milan, Italy. This company has patent on ACS14 used in this study. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JSB XYW CDY. Performed the experiments: LL JC CJS. Analyzed the data: LL CDY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS PDS. Wrote the paper: LL JSB CDY.