About the Authors

Xiaoqian Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoqian Wu, Lishan He

wuxiaoqian@gzhmu.edu.cn (XW); luojiandong@gzhmu.edu.cn (JL)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China

Lishan He

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoqian Wu, Lishan He

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China

Fajiang Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China

Xiaoen He

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China

Yi Cai

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China

Guiping Zhang

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China, Guangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, and the Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China

Quan Yi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China

Meixiang He

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China

Jiandong Luo

wuxiaoqian@gzhmu.edu.cn (XW); luojiandong@gzhmu.edu.cn (JL)

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China, Guangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, and the Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW JL. Performed the experiments: LH FC XH YC. Analyzed the data: LH XH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GZ QY MH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: XW YC.