About the Authors

Weerapon Sangartit

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

Upa Kukongviriyapan

upa_ku@kku.ac.th

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

Wanida Donpunha

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

Poungrat Pakdeechote

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

Veerapol Kukongviriyapan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

Praphassorn Surawattanawan

Affiliation Research and Development Institute, The Government Pharmaceutical Organization, Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

Stephen E. Greenwald

Affiliation Pathology Group, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 1BB, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UK VK. Performed the experiments: WS WD PP SEG UK. Analyzed the data: WS WD VK UK SEG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS. Wrote the paper: WS WD VK SEG UK.