About the Authors

Hasiyeti Maimaitiyiming

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Kate Clemons

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Qi Zhou

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Heather Norman

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Shuxia Wang

swang7@uky.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW. Performed the experiments: HM KC QZ HN. Analyzed the data: KC SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW. Wrote the paper: SW.