About the Authors

Yi-Ping Leng

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

Ni Qiu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Research Institute of Snake Venom and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Wei-jin Fang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Research Institute of Snake Venom and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Mei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Research Institute of Snake Venom and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Zhi-Min He

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute and Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Yan Xiong

Xiongyan2001@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Research Institute of Snake Venom and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YX ZMH. Performed the experiments: YPL NQ. Analyzed the data: WJF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ ZMH. Wrote the paper: YPL YX.