About the Authors

Sha Zhu

zsha@zzu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China

Judith Apondi Oremo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China

Sanqiang Li

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, P. R. China

Minghui Zhen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China

Yue Tang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China

Ying Du

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ YD. Performed the experiments: JAO MHZ YT. Analyzed the data: SQL YT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ YD SQL. Wrote the paper: SZ YD.