About the Authors

Xiaofeng Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaofeng Zhao, Yidan Chen

Affiliations Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organ Development and Regeneration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Yidan Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaofeng Zhao, Yidan Chen

Affiliation Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organ Development and Regeneration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China

Qiang Zhu

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Hao Huang

Affiliation Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organ Development and Regeneration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China

Peng Teng

Affiliation Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organ Development and Regeneration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China

Kang Zheng

Affiliation Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organ Development and Regeneration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China

Xuemei Hu

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Binghua Xie

Affiliation Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organ Development and Regeneration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China

Zunyi Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organ Development and Regeneration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China

Maike Sander

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Mengsheng Qiu

m0qiu001@yahoo.com

Affiliations Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organ Development and Regeneration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ KZ QZ MQ. Performed the experiments: XZ YC HH PT. Analyzed the data: XZ YC HH PT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS ZZ. Wrote the paper: XZ MQ. Handled Mice: XH BX.