About the Authors

Yin Liu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Xiangru Lu

Affiliation Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Fu-Li Xiang

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Man Lu

Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Sichuan Province People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Qingping Feng

qfeng@uwo.ca

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL QF. Performed the experiments: YL XL FLX ML. Analyzed the data: YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL QF. Wrote the paper: YL XL QF.