About the Authors

Rong Jin

Contributed equally to this work with: Rong Jin, Shiyong Yu, Zifang Song

Affiliation Vascular Biology and Stroke Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Shiyong Yu

Contributed equally to this work with: Rong Jin, Shiyong Yu, Zifang Song

Affiliations Vascular Biology and Stroke Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Zifang Song

Contributed equally to this work with: Rong Jin, Shiyong Yu, Zifang Song

Affiliation Vascular Biology and Stroke Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Xiaolei Zhu

Affiliation Vascular Biology and Stroke Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Cuiping Wang

Affiliations Vascular Biology and Stroke Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, Zhenjiang, China

Jinchuan Yan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, Zhenjiang, China

Fusheng Wu

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Anil Nanda

Affiliation Vascular Biology and Stroke Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

D. Neil Granger

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Guohong Li

gli@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliations Vascular Biology and Stroke Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GL. Performed the experiments: RJ SY ZS XZ CW. Analyzed the data: RJ SY ZS CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN DNG JY FW. Wrote the paper: GL. Wrote the draft: RJ SY.